{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-147.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 147.021","heading":"BOND REQUIRED.","body":"Before engaging in business as a commission merchant, a person shall file a bond with the county judge of the county of the commission merchant's principal place of business.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1379, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 147. LIVESTOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS","SUBCHAPTER B. BOND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.147.htm#147.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"e4ff50fc34f2b6229f28bcf737c7d67a51d22a361581b95f6a9a55d252f29630","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-147.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-147.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}