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

Tex. Natural Resources Code § 151.052: CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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  1. NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
  2. TITLE 6. TIMBER
  3. CHAPTER 151. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE
  4. SUBCHAPTER B. UNAUTHORIZED HARVESTING OF TIMBER

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) harvests standing timber with knowledge that the harvesting is without the permission of the owner of the standing timber; or

(2) causes another person to harvest standing timber without the permission of the owner of the standing timber.

(b) An offense under this section is:

(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber harvested is at least $500 but less than $20,000;

(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber harvested is at least $20,000 but less than $100,000;

(3) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber harvested is at least $100,000 but less than $200,000; or

(4) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the value of the timber harvested is at least $200,000.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 23 (H.B. 613), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:28Z. Source file · JSON

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