{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.003","heading":"AGE FOR MARKING OR BRANDING.","body":"(a) Cattle shall be marked with the earmark or branded with the brand of the owner on or before the date they are one year old.\n(b) Hogs, sheep, and goats shall be marked with the earmark of the owner on or before the date they are six months old.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1353, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 144. MARKS AND BRANDS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.144.htm#144.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"d153098defec94ee5dd7e5f4aef2a5e31cfdaa65bc34b289106c61b334e07693","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}