Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 825.051
Municipal Control of Coyotes

A municipality with a population density of more than 2,500 persons per square mile may capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote located within the municipality or the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The municipality may request assistance from Texas Wildlife Services to capture, relocate, or euthanize a coyote.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1333 (H.B. 4544), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.

Source: Section 825.051 — Municipal Control of Coyotes, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.825.htm#825.051 (accessed May 26, 2025).

825.001
Cooperation Between State and Federal Agencies in Controlling Predatory Animals and Rodents 825.002
Cooperative Agreement 825.003
Expenditure of Appropriations 825.004
Appropriations by Local Governments 825.005
Sale of Furs, Skins, and Specimens 825.006
Bounties Prohibited 825.007
Construction with Parks and Wildlife Code 825.008
Tampering with Traps 825.009
Stealing Traps 825.010
Stealing Animals from Traps 825.021
Commissioners Court May Purchase Poison 825.022
Notice Concerning Poison 825.024
Duties of Land Holders, Lessees, and Tenants 825.031
Bounties for Predatory Animals 825.032
Angelina, Henderson, or Trinity County: Wolves and Other Predatory Animals 825.033
Aransas, Bee, Refugio, or San Patricio County: Rattlesnakes, Wolves, Coyotes, Panthers, Bobcats, and Other Predatory Animals 825.034
Panola County: Wolves 825.035
Borden County: Rabbits 825.036
Prairie Dogs 825.037
Effect of Other Laws 825.051
Municipal Control of Coyotes

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Original Source: Section 825.051 — Municipal Control of Coyotes, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.825.htm#825.051 (last accessed May 10, 2025).

Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 825.051 Municipal Control of Coyotes

Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 825.051
Municipal Control of Coyotes