Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 62.104 - Seizure of Dangerous Wild Animal or Carcass, Hide, Part or Product(a) A peace officer may seize a live dangerous wild animal or a carcass, hide, or part of or a product made from a dangerous wild animal if the officer has probable cause to believe that the live animal, carcass, hide, part, or product possessed by a person was killed, wounded, or injured in, or obtained as a result of, a controlled kill prohibited by Section 62.102(1).(b) The commission shall adopt rules for the final disposition of a carcass, hide, part, product, or live animal seized under this section.(c) The department, a game warden, or other department employee authorized to act under this section is immune from criminal or civil liability and from prosecution or civil suit for a seizure conducted under this section or rules adopted under this section.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 62.104
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 23, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.