Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.128
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 144.128, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 144.128. PURCHASE, SALE, OR TRANSPORTATION OF TATTOOED LIVESTOCK WITHOUT CONSENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) without consent of the owner, buys, sells, or barters, for that person or another person, any livestock on which a registered tattoo mark has been placed;
(2) without consent of the owner, transports over the highways of this state any livestock on which a registered tattoo mark has been placed; or
(3) aids in the commission of an act under Subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.
(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.
(1) without consent of the owner, buys, sells, or barters, for that person or another person, any livestock on which a registered tattoo mark has been placed;
(2) without consent of the owner, transports over the highways of this state any livestock on which a registered tattoo mark has been placed; or
(3) aids in the commission of an act under Subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection.
(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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