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  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 141.144

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    A person commits an offense by refusing, conspiring to refuse, or causing another person to refuse entry, inspection, sampling, or copying of certain invoices or transportation records.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 141.145

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    A person commits an offense if they refuse, help refuse, or cause refusal to make records available, furnish reports, permit record examination, or pay an inspection fee under Subchapter D.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 141.146

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    A person commits an offense if they dispose of feed subject to a stop-sale order in violation of Section 141.121.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 141.147

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    A person must not distribute, help distribute, or cause the distribution of commercial feed that is misbranded in the ways listed in this section.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 141.149

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    The service must adopt rules for drugs used in making commercial feed, and those rules cannot be stricter than current federal good manufacturing practices unless the service decides they do not fit Texas conditions.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.001

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    This section defines terms used in the chapter, including “estray,” “perilous condition,” “person,” “exotic livestock,” and “exotic fowl.”

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.002

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    Some occupants and similar non-owners can have an owner’s rights under this chapter, but an owner and an occupant of the same property may not recover for the same damage.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.0021

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    A person may claim ownership of exotic livestock or exotic fowl only if the animal is clearly marked in a way that can be seen or identified from a long distance and shows the animal is the claimant’s property.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.003

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    If an estray is found on private or public property, the property owner or custodian must report it to the county sheriff as soon as reasonably possible.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.004

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    The owner of an estray may redeem it under specified payment/authorization conditions; if it is not redeemed by the fifth day after notification, the sheriff or designee must begin impoundment unless there is a good-faith effort to comply; the estray may not be used during impoundment.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.005

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    If the sheriff or the sheriff’s designee is present when an estray is collected, they may require the owner to pay a collection fee of up to $25 before removal.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.006

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    The property owner or occupant may receive a reasonable redemption payment for an estray if notice was given to the sheriff within 5 days of discovery.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.007

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    A petition asking a justice court to determine a redemption payment or collection fee amount must include specific details about the estray, the property, and the parties’ inability to agree.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.008

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    If a listed person disagrees with the justice’s payment assessment, the appeal must be started by filing a petition; the justice of the peace must appoint three county residents as special commissioners, and may use contempt and witness-compulsion powers for their proceedings.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.009

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    The sheriff or the sheriff’s designee must impound an estray when the listed conditions are met, then prepare and file a notice and try to find the owner.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.010

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    An estray owner may reclaim the animal before sale if required affidavits are filed and approved, expenses are paid, and the sheriff completes the filing steps.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.012

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    If an impounded estray dies or escapes, the sheriff must make a written report and file it with the county clerk.

  • United States — Texas

    Agriculture Code § 142.013

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    If an impounded estray is not claimed or redeemed in time, the county gets title and the sheriff must sell it unless subsection (e) applies.