Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.020
BIRD OR ANIMAL TAGS: PROHIBITED ACTS
Texas · Texas Parks and Wildlife Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.020, BIRD OR ANIMAL TAGS: PROHIBITED ACTS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/566366
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:566366@1- SHA-256
a85c2a2d0a3eac328b5a2e8ee3e464920d08f69fbbd4a486f3fefdf1a21bfc19
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) No person may purchase or use more bird or animal tags during a license year than the number and type authorized for the year by the commission, excluding duplicate licenses issued under Section 42.017 of this code.
(b) No person may:
(1) use the same bird or animal tag on more than one bird or animal;
(2) use a bird or animal tag issued in the name of another;
(3) use a tag on a bird or animal for which another tag is specifically required;
(4) kill a bird or animal required to be tagged and fail to immediately attach a properly executed tag to the carcass; or
(5) hunt a bird or animal that requires a tag without having in his immediate possession the tag required to be attached to the carcass of the bird or animal being hunted.