Sec. 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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 23, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Subtitle B - Hunting and Fishing
Chapter 62 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Hunting
Subchapter F. Unlawful Controlled Killing of or Attempting to Injure Dangerous Wild Animals
Section 62.102. Controlled Killing of or Attempting to Injure Dangerous Wild Animal Prohibited
Section 62.103. Unlawful Controlled Killing; Certain Commercial Activity Prohibited
Section 62.104. Seizure of Dangerous Wild Animal or Carcass, Hide, Part or Product