{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.005","heading":"POSSESSION.","body":"No person may take, sell, purchase, or possess an alligator, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator in this state except as permitted by the regulations of the commission.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 437, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 99, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION","SUBTITLE B. HUNTING AND FISHING","CHAPTER 65. ALLIGATORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.65.htm#65.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"0826f2a6893899fe73435d0d6b75997d0b0c0bf14aea52640128600a0d2a42fb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}