{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-143.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 143.002","heading":"GATE.","body":"A person may not build, join, or maintain around cleared land in cultivation more than three miles lineal measure of fence running the same general direction without a gate that is at least 10 feet wide and is unlocked.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1339, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 143. FENCES; RANGE RESTRICTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. FENCING OF CULTIVATED LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.143.htm#143.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"ec62104f1f976b7753310b649633bee5c707849270560c10ff300dc979c500c7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-143.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-143.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}