Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.127
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.127, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 144.127. REPRODUCTION OR DESTRUCTION OF TATTOO MARK.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, without the consent of the owner, reproduces, counterfeits, copies, adds to, takes from, imitates, destroys, or removes a registered tattoo mark on livestock or aids in the commission of one of those acts.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 12 years.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 12 years.
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