Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.007
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 62.007, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 62.007. STOPPING FOR SEARCH.
Official statutory text
(a) An authorized employee of the department may search the game bag, receptacle, automobile, or other vehicle if he has reason to believe that the bag, receptacle, automobile, or vehicle contains game unlawfully killed or taken.
(b) A person who refuses to allow a search or refuses to stop a vehicle when requested to do so by an authorized employee commits an offense.
(b) A person who refuses to allow a search or refuses to stop a vehicle when requested to do so by an authorized employee commits an offense.
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