{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 65.006","heading":"PERMIT REQUIRED.","body":"No person for any purpose may possess, purchase, or possess after purchase an alligator, an alligator hide, an alligator egg, or any part of an alligator taken in this state unless:\n(1) the person has acquired and possesses a permit issued by the department for that purpose; or\n(2) a regulation of the commission otherwise allows the possession or purchase without a permit.\nAdded by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 437, ch. 184, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 190, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 100, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 26, eff. June 18, 2005.","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#65.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"ab3f50e75446e38e0c37c8b4c093f17b94e554c92b31701737fcec8f5513cef7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-65.0071"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}