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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 825.008: TAMPERING WITH TRAPS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS
  3. CHAPTER 825. PREDATORY ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PESTS
  4. SUBCHAPTER A. COOPERATION BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN CONTROLLING PREDATORY ANIMALS AND RODENTS

(a) A person commits an offense if the person maliciously or wilfully tampers with all or any part of a trap set under this subchapter or removes a trap from the position in which it is placed by a hunter or trapper acting under this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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