Fort Worth, TX Cannabis Regulations: Personal Cultivation Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- State law
- TX H&S Code 481.120
- Plants allowed
- Zero personal plants
- Min penalty
- Class B misdemeanor
- Felony threshold
- Any cultivation as manufacture
- Medical exception
- CUP licensees only
Summary
Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 makes growing any marijuana plant a felony statewide. Fort Worth residents have no legal personal cultivation allowance. Even one plant can support a state jail felony charge regardless of intent or location.
Sec. 481.121. OFFENSE: POSSESSION OF MARIHUANA. (a) Except as authorized by this chapter, a person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally possesses a usable quantity of marihuana.(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is:(1) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana possessed is two ounces or less;(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces;(3) a state jail felony if the amount of marihuana possessed is five pounds or less but more than four ounces;(4) a felony of the third degree if the amount of marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds;
Full Breakdown
Unlike Colorado, California, or Michigan, Texas has not legalized any home cultivation of marijuana for recreational or medical use. Texas Health and Safety Code Section 481.120 prohibits manufacture or delivery of marijuana, and growing plants is treated as manufacturing. Penalties scale by quantity: under four ounces is a Class B misdemeanor, four ounces to five pounds a state jail felony, and larger quantities trigger second- or first-degree felonies. The Compassionate Use Program under Chapter 487 only authorizes three licensed dispensing organizations to cultivate low-THC cannabis for qualifying patients. Fort Worth cannot create a local cultivation allowance; home-rule authority does not override state controlled-substance law preempting personal grows.
Violations & Fines
Growing any marijuana plant in Fort Worth, regardless of count, intent, or location, can support a state jail felony under Texas Health and Safety Code 481.120, with penalties scaling to first-degree felony for large quantities.
Frequently Asked Questions
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