Texas § 49.011 TRANSFER OR SALE OF RAPTORS.

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§ 49.011 — TRANSFER OR SALE OF RAPTORS.

Texas § 49.011

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Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code Code Ann. § 49.011 (2026).

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Sec. 49.011. TRANSFER OR SALE OF RAPTORS.

(a)Except as permitted in Subsections (b) and (c), no person may buy, sell, barter, or exchange, or offer to buy, sell, barter, or exchange, a raptor in this state.

(b)The holder of a falconer's permit may transfer a raptor to another holder of a falconer's permit or receive a raptor from another holder of a falconer's permit.

(c)A holder of a falconer's permit who qualifies as prescribed by commission rule may purchase raptors from any legal source and may sell captive-bred raptors to any person permitted to purchase captive-bred raptors.

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Sec. 49.011. TRANSFER OR SALE OF RAPTORS. (a) Except as permitted in Subsections (b) and (c), no person may buy, sell, barter, or exchange, or offer to buy, sell, barter, or exchange, a raptor in this state.
(b) The holder of a falconer's permit may transfer a raptor to another holder of a falconer's permit or receive a raptor from another holder of a falconer's permit.
(c) A holder of a falconer's permit who qualifies as prescribed by commission rule may purchase raptors from any legal source and may sell captive-bred raptors to any person permitted to purchase captive-bred raptors.

Legislative History

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 117, ch. 57, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 704, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.