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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE |
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Title 5. WILDLIFE AND PLANT CONSERVATION |
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Subtitle C. FUR-BEARING ANIMALS |
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Chapter 71. LICENSES AND REGULATIONS |
Sec. 71.005. LICENSES REQUIRED
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(a) Except as provided by this section and Section 71.004(a), no person may take a fur-bearing animal or a pelt in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a trapper's license.
(b) Except as provided by commission regulation, no person may purchase, possess after purchase, or transport for commercial purposes a pelt or carcass taken in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a retail fur buyer's or wholesale fur dealer's license.
(c) No person may capture or possess a live fur-bearing animal for any purpose, except as otherwise authorized by this code, unless he has acquired and possesses a fur-bearing animal propagation license.
(d) A person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal if:
(1) neither the fur-bearing animal nor any part of that animal is taken for the purpose of sale, barter, or exchange; and
(2) the number of fur-bearing animals taken does not exceed the daily bag limit or possession limit set by commission regulation.