{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-72.045","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 72.045","heading":"SEIZURE OF OWNERLESS FRUIT.","body":"If the department is not able to locate an owner, part owner, or caretaker for premises in a county in which Mexican fruit fly control or eradication is being conducted, the department may seize any citrus fruit growing or standing on the premises and sell the fruit in the manner provided by Section 72.043(b) of this code.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1170, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. HORTICULTURAL DISEASES AND PESTS","CHAPTER 72. MEXICAN FRUIT FLY CONTROL","SUBCHAPTER D. REMEDIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.72.htm#72.045","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"80882d7f7cfe8ad42aa17c4212da7ac1e5f7c5d4d4796e29bbde38ce53994c48","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-72.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-72.046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}