Section 71.005 - Licenses Required(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.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 71.005
Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 113, eff. 9/1/1997.Amended By Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 635, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1993Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2737, ch. 748, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981 Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.