{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.127","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.127","heading":"REPRODUCTION OR DESTRUCTION OF TATTOO MARK.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, without the consent of the owner, reproduces, counterfeits, copies, adds to, takes from, imitates, destroys, or removes a registered tattoo mark on livestock or aids in the commission of one of those acts.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 12 years.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1362, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.001, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 144. MARKS AND BRANDS","SUBCHAPTER F. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.144.htm#144.127","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"e008378256293f12aa9715feb5d690568b59f5a4ae43b84af5ceb0dbf3a372b3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.125","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-144.128"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}