{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-43.525","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 43.525","heading":"FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO SHOW CONSERVATION PERMIT; PENALTY.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person is using land under the department's control and fails or refuses to show a conservation permit issued to the person on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee.\n(b) It is not an offense under Subsection (a) if a person who is using land under the department's control fails to show a conservation permit on the demand of a game warden, peace officer, or department employee, and that person:\n(1) entered land under the department's control as an occupant of a privately owned, noncommercial vehicle in which at least one other occupant possesses and is able to show a conservation permit issued to that other occupant; or\n(2) is a member of a group of individuals that the department has exempted from the requirement for a conservation permit.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 883, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 78 (H.B. 1346), Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 2011.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE A. HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES","CHAPTER 43. SPECIAL LICENSES AND PERMITS","SUBCHAPTER O. CONSERVATION PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.43.htm#43.525","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"c143028f9649dadc5f73cb723f665392985a2769c9843060e22873d715b6eabb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-43.524","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-43.551"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}