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Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 71.005

LICENSES REQUIRED

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.