Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.005
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 71.005, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 71.005. LICENSES REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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