{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.045","heading":"PURCHASE OF SLAUGHTERED CATTLE WITHOUT HIDE OR EARS.","body":"A slaughterer may not purchase cattle that have been slaughtered by another person if:\n(1) the slaughtered animal is not accompanied by the hide and ears; or\n(2) the ear mark or brand on the hide accompanying a slaughtered animal has been changed, mutilated, or destroyed.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1389, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 148. SLAUGHTERING OF LIVESTOCK","SUBCHAPTER D. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE ONLY TO CERTAIN COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.148.htm#148.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"c8e32d4b027999c09ac56296ae487e44f5a2fc802d0408e541b5d51cac2f277c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.043","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}