Farmersville, TX

Farmersville requires every animal to be confined at all times, either in a securely fenced yard, an enclosed pen, or on a hand-held leash, and bars leaving any animal unattended in…

Farmersville limits households to four domestic animals total and specifically bars keeping more than four dogs and four cats combined, aged six months or older, on any one property…

Farmersville bans keeping, owning, selling, or possessing any 'prohibited animal', a defined list covering venomous snakes and lizards, crocodilians, birds of prey, big cats, wolves…

Every cat six months or older in Farmersville must wear a current city metal registration tag under Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-125, issued only after proof of rabies vaccination, and…

Farmersville's prohibited-animal ban carries a built-in carve-out for wildlife rehabbers: anyone holding a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildcare center permit inside the city is…

Farmersville has no breed-specific ban; instead Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-180 lets the animal control officer or municipal court declare any dog dangerous based on an unprovoked…

Farmersville caps backyard flocks at ten fowl per property, bans roosters outright as a nuisance in residential districts, and keeps coops at least 30 feet from a neighbor's home under…

Farmersville doesn't license or zone beehives separately; Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-73 instead bans keeping bees in a way that denies neighbors reasonable use and enjoyment of their…

Farmersville doesn't require every owned pet to be fixed, but its animal shelter can't release a dog or cat for adoption under Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-200 unless it's already…

Farmersville doesn't require every pet be microchipped, but Code of Ordinances Sec. 11-204 has required it since June 1, 2009, for any dog or cat impounded for running at large, giving…

Farmersville zones a stand-alone pet grooming shop as an indoor-only, non-boarding use, permitted by right in General Retail, Commercial, Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial-1 and the…

Farmersville splits veterinary uses into indoor and outdoor kennel categories, allowing indoor clinics by right in Highway Commercial, Commercial, Light Industrial and Heavy…

Texas lets hunters bait and feed game animals, including deer, on private property statewide. Baiting is unlawful on most public land, for wild turkey in the East Zone, and for all…

Farmersville has adopted Appendix AQ, "Tiny Houses," of the 2021 International Residential Code as part of its residential building code. That gives tiny houses a recognized…

An accessory dwelling unit in Farmersville cannot be sold separately from the main house, and it cannot be sublet, under City Code § 77-66(b)(3). The broader accessory-building rule in…

Farmersville's zoning code sets exact placement rules for sheds, carports and other accessory buildings under City Code § 77-66. Detached buildings must sit at least three feet off…

Farmersville allows a garage apartment or guest house on a single-family lot only as an accessory dwelling unit, and only when the main house is owner-occupied. City Code § 77-66(b)…

Every dwelling unit in Farmersville must have an approved, listed smoke detector installed per the manufacturer's instructions and tested to UL 217. The rule sits in the Minimum…

Farmersville bans burning rubbish, trash, waste, leaves, grass, lumber or other combustible materials anywhere in the city, on public streets and alleys or on private premises. The…

Farmersville restricts the storage of liquefied petroleum gas across its entire incorporated area under the limits set in section 3804.2 of the adopted International Fire Code. The…

Consumer fireworks (1.4G) are legal in unincorporated Collin County during state-authorized periods (June 24-July 4 and Dec 20-Jan 1) unless Commissioners Court issues a fireworks…

Farmersville caps weeds and grass at 12 inches under its Property Maintenance Code amendment to IPMC Section 302.4. The limit applies to premises citywide and backs the Building…

Farmersville requires a site development permit before removing vegetation or trees during construction, and any tree larger than six caliper inches triggers a mandatory…

Farmersville limits sprinkler and irrigation-system watering to twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays, between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m., under the city's drought contingency and water…

Artificial turf is legal across Collin County with no countywide restrictions. TX Property Code 202.007 limits HOA bans on water-conserving landscaping but HOAs may impose reasonable…

Texas strongly encourages native/drought-tolerant landscaping. TX Property Code 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving turf. Collin…

Texas Property Code 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning rainwater harvesting systems, and Health & Safety Code 341.042 sets statewide standards for harvested rainwater used as a…

No one may construct, install, enlarge or alter a swimming pool anywhere in Farmersville without first getting a building permit from the city, per City Code Sec. 32-183, and the…

Every outdoor swimming pool in Farmersville must be enclosed by a fence or wall at least four feet high with openings small enough to block a child, and every gate or door in that…

Farmersville bars construction and demolition noise near homes at night. City Code section 44-50(h)(1) makes running construction, repair or demolition equipment within a residential…

Farmersville treats a habitually noisy dog or other animal as a noise violation in its own right. City Code section 44-50(c) bars owning, keeping or harboring any animal or fowl that…

Farmersville bans amplified music and loudspeakers that create a noise disturbance, with an automatic nighttime violation built in. City Code section 44-50(d)(1) makes playing a radio…

Farmersville limits loud car stereos, bad mufflers and engine or jake braking as noise disturbances. City Code section 44-50(e) bars a vehicle sound system audible, or whose vibration…

Unincorporated Collin County has no numeric quiet hours or decibel ordinance. TX Penal Code 42.01(a)(5) disorderly conduct applies to unreasonable noise between 10 PM and 7 AM…

Aircraft noise is federally preempted under 49 USC 40103. Collin County sits under DFW International Class B airspace and is near McKinney National Airport (TKI) and Aero Country…

Farmersville requires a retaining wall wherever a subdivision has a grade change over two and a half feet with a slope steeper than 1:2, and every wall must be engineered to the…

Barbed wire and fence arms are banned outside Farmersville's LI and HI industrial districts under City Code § 77-69(b)(8). Residential privacy fences also face an approved-materials…

Farmersville caps fence height at 40 inches in a required front yard and eight feet everywhere else, under City Code § 77-69(b). Front-yard fences must also be at least 50 percent…

All fences, walls and screening devices in Farmersville require a permit under City Code § 77-69(b)(10). For existing residential fences, subsection (b)(6)(a) specifically triggers a…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each owner pays for their own fence. TX Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125 covers nuisance. Boundary disputes resolved via survey and civil…

Farmersville's hotel occupancy tax applies to short-term rentals: Code § 68-19 defines "hotel" to include a short-term rental, and § 68-21 sets the tax at seven percent of the rental…

No Collin County parking rules for STRs in unincorporated areas. Guests park on-property or along county roads where not blocking right-of-way. Cities impose off-street parking…

Collin County does not require a permit for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas. Texas state HOT registration with the Comptroller is mandatory at 6 percent. Cities within…

Collin County has no STR occupancy cap in unincorporated areas. International Property Maintenance Code applied by cities typically limits occupancy to 2 per bedroom plus 2. Septic…

Unincorporated Collin County relies on TX Penal Code 42.01 disorderly conduct for STR noise. No county quiet hours. Sheriff responds to excessive noise as Class C misdemeanor with up…

Farmersville treats a vehicle left unattended more than 48 hours, or a wrecked and inoperable junked vehicle visible from a public place, as a violation. Police can impound abandoned…

Farmersville designates specific downtown curb areas as No Parking Zones or Ten Minute Loading Zones under Section 71-147, and a 15 Minute Loading Zone on Main Street between Candy and…

Farmersville limits how long any vehicle or trailer may sit on a public street: Section 71-145 makes it an offense to leave one parked in excess of 48 continuous hours, and Section…

Farmersville bars trucks and trailers weighing more than one ton from parking on any street, avenue or highway, and vehicles over 7,000 pounds empty from even traveling off the city's…

Farmersville bars parking on several downtown blocks between 12:30 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. under Section 71-148, covering McKinney, Main and Washington Streets around the city square and…

Farmersville treats boats, RVs, trailers, campers and similar equipment as regulated vehicles under Section 71-167 and bars parking or storing any of them in a residential lot's…

Farmersville limits how much of a required front and side yard can be paved for parking: Section 71-168 caps most single-family lots to one driveway serving a garage, carport or…

Texas Occupations Code chapter 2308 sets the statewide rules for nonconsent towing and vehicle booting. A vehicle owner has 14 business days to demand a hearing in the justice court…

Farmersville's zoning code only regulates child care as a 'day care center' once a home or facility cares for seven or more children; below that headcount, the zoning schedule has no…

A Farmersville home business loses its 'home occupation' status, and the zoning protection that comes with it, the moment it generates increased traffic to the property, under the…

Collin County imposes no sign regulations on unincorporated residential home businesses. TXDOT regulates signs in rights-of-way. Cities within the county typically prohibit commercial…

Texas does not license cottage food at all. Health and Safety Code Section 437.0191(a) declares that a cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment, and…

Farmersville limits amusement redemption machine game rooms to the light-industrial (I-1) district with a specific use permit, requires a city license and per-machine occupation tax…

Texas nonprofits can conduct bingo only under a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which absorbed the Texas Lottery Commission's charitable bingo program on…

Texas Penal Code § 47.02(a) makes betting at cards, dice, or any game of chance a Class C misdemeanor. Section 47.02(b) supplies a defense: gambling that happens in a private place…

Texas licenses no retail sportsbook and no betting app. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game, contest, or a player's performance is a criminal offense under Penal Code §…

Farmersville bans drinking alcohol on any public street, alley, or public place adjacent to one, and also bans open containers in the downtown central business district under a 2014…

Farmersville bans smoking and tobacco use, including smokeless tobacco, at the Robbin Lamkin Memorial Playground and Splash Pad whenever it is open to the public, under City Code Sec…

Farmersville Code of Ordinances Sec. 47-97 makes it a criminal offense to urinate or defecate in any public place, or in any area substantially open to the public, including streets…

Farmersville bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and battery-operated toy vehicles on three named downtown sidewalks and inside the Onion Sheds structures under Code…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Farmersville without a city license issued by the chief of police is a criminal offense, and the business must sit at least 1,000 feet from…

Farmersville zones licensed massage therapy out of every residential district and Highway Commercial, requiring a specific use permit in Neighborhood Service and allowing it by right…

Farmersville confines tattoo and body piercing studios to its Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial-1 districts, and a standalone body art studio always needs a specific use permit…

Farmersville confines pawn shops to just three zoning districts, Commercial, Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial-1, with no path to a specific use permit anywhere else, including the…

Anyone selling e-cigarettes to Texas consumers must hold an e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, obtained for each place of business under Health and Safety Code…

Farmersville requires every resident to use the city's authorized garbage contractor, with weekly residential pickup, and requires any commercial customer with electric or water…

Farmersville's curbside recycling is run by an independent contractor under city agreement, and every residential garbage customer, inside the city or in the extraterritorial…

Farmersville requires commercial dumpsters to sit on a concrete pad with a ten-foot lifting apron, stay behind the building line, and, if placed after January 1, 2015, be enclosed in a…

Farmersville requires polycarts and recycling bins to go to the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before pickup and come back in by midnight on collection day, placed close to…

Farmersville limits its green recycling bin to defined commingled items, flattened plastics coded 1 through 5 and 7, unbroken glass, flattened aluminum, and crimped tin cans, and…

Farmersville collects bulky items like stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines and furniture separately from regular polycart pickup under Section 59-27 of the Code of…

Tree, shrub and brush trimmings in Farmersville must be bundled, not loose, to qualify for regular yard-waste pickup. Section 59-27(b) of the Code of Ordinances caps each bundle at…

Farmersville's general penalty section, Sec. 1-3(a)(1), singles out dumping of refuse, along with vegetation and litter violations, for an enhanced fine of up to $2,000 per offense…

Collin County has no unincorporated-area ordinance regulating trash bin storage. Residents typically store bins out of public view between pickups. HOAs often impose stricter rules…

Farmersville imposes an annual occupation tax on billiard tables and coin-operated machines located in the city, set at one-quarter of the state's occupation tax rate, payable each…

Farmersville lets homeowners post one on-site stake sign for a garage, yard, or estate sale without a permit, but the sign must stay on the seller's own property and cannot exceed six…

Farmersville caps window signs at half the glass area of the window they're displayed on, and illuminated window signs at 25 percent, with no permit required for either.

Sec. 56-31 outlaws billboards outright citywide and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. On-premise electronic message center signs are a different, permitted category, but they are…

Collin County follows Texas Election Code and Transportation Code on political signs. Signs on private property with owner permission are protected. Signs in state right-of-way are…

Any citizen, firm, or corporation who believes an animal ordinance has been violated in Farmersville must file a written complaint with the animal control officer, who is then required…

Farmersville's code enforcement officer, created by City Code Sec. 38-136 and working under the city manager or police chief, enforces building standards, fire safety, unsafe…

Farmersville regulates yard signs announcing newborns, security systems, or pets under its sign code, but section 56-31 expressly excludes seasonal decorations from every placement and…

Farmersville's noise ordinance bans operating a loudspeaker, sound amplifier or similar device in a way that causes a noise disturbance, in both residential and nonresidential…

Farmersville bans loading or unloading any vehicle in a way that causes a noise disturbance, under City Code Sec. 44-50(g), the same section that separately penalizes loud vehicle…

Farmersville bars running generators and other power equipment near homes at night. City Code section 44-50(i) makes it a noise disturbance per se, no proof of annoyance needed, to…

Farmersville regulates low-frequency bass and subwoofer noise through a vibration standard rather than a decibel meter. City Code section 44-50(r) bans using any device that creates…

Farmersville has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code and requires a separate permit for each building unit, storage space, or business needing an electrical inspection. Starting…

Farmersville regulates plumbing work under the 2021 International Plumbing Code, enforced by the Chief Building Official citywide and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction. Permit fees…

Farmersville adopted the 2021 International Building Code as its building code under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-54, applying it to all construction, repair, renovation, and remodeling…

Texas TDLR regulates elevators statewide under TX Health and Safety Code Ch. 754 and 16 TAC Ch. 74. Annual inspection required; certificate posted in cab. Unincorporated Collin County…

Pre-1978 homes in Collin County fall under EPA RRP Rule (40 CFR 745). Contractors must be EPA Lead-Safe certified; violations up to 37,500 per day. Landlord disclosure required under…

Farmersville treats every mobile food unit as a food establishment. City Code Sec. 32-24(c) requires a mobile food establishment permit issued in fixed six-month blocks, and the truck…

Farmersville bans operating a food truck or mobile food establishment on any street, sidewalk, parking lot, or city property without permits under Chapters 32 and 53. Trucks cannot…

On private property, Farmersville limits food trucks to non-residential zoning districts: Neighborhood Service, General Retail, Commercial, Central Area, Light Industrial, and both…

A structure that fails Farmersville's minimum property standards and qualifies as an urban nuisance can be ordered repaired, vacated, or demolished by the Building and Property…

Farmersville lets grass above 12 inches on any real property, improved or vacant, count as a fire-hazard nuisance, and the city can abate grass over 48 inches without prior notice…

City code makes every property owner responsible for eliminating rodents and vermin on their land and inside any vacant structure. Farmersville's Minimum Building and Property…

Every food employee at a Farmersville food establishment must complete a state-approved food handler class within 15 days of hire, and each permitted establishment must keep a…

A private get-together held entirely on private property, without touching a public street, is exempt from Farmersville's special event permit chapter under Section 60-4(1). The moment…

Holding a parade in Farmersville requires a special event permit before the event can go forward. Chapter 60 of the Code of Ordinances lists a parade among the events that trigger the…

A street fair or festival in Farmersville is a 'special event' under Chapter 60 of the Code of Ordinances, and any food or beverage concessionaire working it must follow Section…

Sec. 50-27(a) lets bona fide groups and organizations get a specific use permit at Farmersville City Hall to use a municipal park past its normal hours of 30 minutes before dawn to 30…

Farmersville requires every homeowners association created for a new subdivision to document, in writing, its authority to collect dues, raise them, levy special assessments and place…

Farmersville requires every subdivision homeowners association's governing documents to spell out mandatory membership, association by-laws, and city-consent requirements before…

Collin County HOAs follow TX Property Code Chapter 209 (Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act): open board meetings, 72-hour notice, members may attend and record, written…

CCRs enforceable as restrictive covenants under TX Property Code 202. HOA must give written notice and cure opportunity before enforcement. Attorney fees recoverable by prevailing…

Collin County HOA disputes follow TX Property Code 209.007 ADR procedure: written notice, 30-day cure period, member may request hearing before board before fines. Civil suits filed in…

Property Code Section 202.007 voids any homeowners association rule that bans drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving natural turf, and Section 202.008 bars fines for a brown…

Texas Property Code section 202.012 stops homeowners associations from banning display of the U.S. flag, the Texas flag, or an official U.S. armed forces flag. An association can…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

A Texas property owners' association cannot sell your home at a trustee's sale the way a mortgage lender can. Tex. Prop. Code Section 209.0092 requires the association to obtain a…

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

Farmersville's Minimum Building and Property Standards article requires every owner to keep a habitable structure weathertight, supply water heated to at least 120°F, keep interior…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas law forbids cities from adopting rent control. A municipality may not establish rent control unless its governing body finds a housing emergency caused by a disaster and the…

Texas places no statutory limit on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. However, the landlord must refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant surrenders the…

In Texas a squatter can claim title only through adverse possession, with periods that shorten as the claim strengthens: 3 years under title or color of title (§ 16.024), 5 years with…

New homes and substantial improvements built in Farmersville's mapped flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least two feet above the base…

Any construction, fill, grading or land-use change within Farmersville's mapped special flood hazard areas needs a floodplain development permit from the city's floodplain…

Farmersville requires every construction site's erosion and sedimentation controls to meet the city's design manual, its stormwater management plan, city ordinance or EPA rules…

In Farmersville, every storm water collection system must be designed by a licensed professional engineer and approved by the city engineer under Code of Ordinances § 65-49, and no one…

Texas prohibits damaging, destroying, or removing a sand dune or its vegetation seaward of a dune protection line or within a critical dune area unless a permit authorizes the work…

Farmersville caps garage sales at four permits per address each calendar year, requires at least ten days between sales at the same location, and limits any single sale to 72…

Farmersville levies a seven percent hotel occupancy tax on every sleeping room or facility rented in the city, per Code § 68-21, with exceptions for stays under $2.00 per day, meeting…

Farmersville allows reclaimed water in landscape irrigation only when six conditions in Sec. 74-156 are met, covering purple pipe components, backflow protection on the potable line…

Farmersville adjusts a customer's water bill for a documented leak of at least 10,000 gallons above normal use under Section 74-77, but only if the customer proves the leak, shows it…

Farmersville designates local historic landmarks by rezoning the property into the Historical Preservation Overlay Zoning District, a process that runs through the historic…

Farmersville requires anyone installing a distributed generation system, including rooftop solar, to file and receive approval on a formal interconnection application with Farmersville…

Section 202.010 of the Texas Property Code voids any homeowners association rule that bans or restricts installing a solar energy device, a term that under Tax Code Section 171.107…

Farmersville caps glare crossing a property line at one-quarter foot-candle for residential uses and requires every outdoor light beam to be aimed away from neighboring lots. Fixtures…

Farmersville limits residential outdoor lighting to one-quarter foot-candle at the property line and requires lights over ten feet tall to be shielded from neighbors, under City Code §…

Sec. 53-3 makes it unlawful to peddle, sell, canvass, or take orders for goods or services on a sidewalk, parking lot, city property, or door-to-door in Farmersville without first…

Sec. 53-10(a)(2)-(3) bars solicitors from any residence on the city's annually renewed nonsolicitation list or from a home that posts a 'NO SOLICITORS' sign with letters at least…

Farmersville's municipal parks, under Sec. 50-27(a), are open to the public 30 minutes before dawn until 30 minutes after dusk. Sec. 50-27(b) then makes it unlawful for anyone besides…

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

New home builders in Farmersville must plant two canopy trees per lot before getting a certificate of occupancy, with at least one in the front yard, under City Code § 77-71(h)(16)…

Farmersville's zoning code creates an Agricultural (A) District under Section 77-41 and automatically classifies newly annexed land as Agricultural under Section 77-43 until the city…

The Texas Right to Farm Act, Agriculture Code Chapter 251, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and local regulations after one year of operation. HB…

Farmersville caps residential building height by zoning district under Section 77-52, applied through the general height rules of Section 77-65. The Agricultural and Estate Development…

Farmersville sets minimum front, side and rear yard setbacks by zoning district under Section 77-52, applied through the general yard rules in Sections 77-62 through 77-64. The…

Farmersville caps how much of a residential lot a house and its accessory buildings can cover, from 20 percent in the Agricultural District up to 65 percent for attached single-family…

Collin County follows FAA Part 107 and the Remote ID Rule. Texas Government Code Chapter 423 limits drone imaging of private property and critical infrastructure. No countywide drone…

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are prohibited statewide. Only three TCUP licensees operate in Texas under the Compassionate Use Program with no dispensary located in Collin County…

Texas Health & Safety Code 481.121 makes it a crime to possess or grow marijuana anywhere in the state. Home cultivation is illegal in every Texas city and county regardless of plant…

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 expressly preempts municipal and county minimum wage ordinances. The state minimum wage equals the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, and political…

Texas appellate courts have struck down municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio as preempted under the Texas Minimum Wage Act. HB 2127 (2023) further…

Texas authorizes License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns statewide under Government Code Chapter 411. Since 2021, permitless constitutional carry under HB 1927 also…

Texas Local Government Code Section 229.001 broadly preempts municipal regulation of firearms, ammunition, knives, and related accessories. Cities cannot adopt or enforce ordinances…

Texas authorizes open carry of holstered handguns statewide for adults 21 and older under Penal Code 46.02 and HB 910 (2015). Long guns may be openly carried subject to disorderly…

Texas Penal Code 46.02(a-1) lets any non-prohibited adult carry a handgun inside a personally-owned or leased motor vehicle or watercraft without a License to Carry. Since HB 1927…

The Texas Legislature has authorized exactly one vehicle checkpoint program, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. Government Code Section 411.0095 lets the Department of Public…

Texas has never enacted an express statutory right to film police, so the legal boundary for a bystander with a phone is set by the offense of Interference with Public Duties, Texas…

Texas Penal Code Section 38.02 makes it a crime to refuse your name, residence address, or date of birth only after a peace officer has already lawfully arrested you. Being detained on…

No Texas statute obliges a driver to consent to a vehicle search, and none requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What Texas law does require is a paper trail: Article…

Texas lets golf carts onto public roads in four defined situations rather than by general permission: inside a platted master planned community, on a beach open to vehicular traffic…

The Texas Supreme Court in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) held that Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 preempts municipal plastic bag bans. Cities and…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 161 sets the minimum age for purchasing or possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products at 21 statewide, aligned with federal Tobacco 21. Active…

Texas regulates extra lighting by color, count, height and aim rather than by naming underglow. Transportation Code Section 547.305 bars any lamp showing red from directly in front of…

Texas grants no square inches of windshield to a camera. Transportation Code Section 547.613(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor to operate a vehicle with an object or material placed on or…

Texas banned motorcycle lane splitting in plain words on September 1, 2023. Transportation Code Section 545.0605(a)(3)(B), added by House Bill 4122 of the 88th Legislature, says the…

Texas outlaws license plate covers in Transportation Code Section 504.945(a)(7), which makes it an offense to display a plate carrying a coating, covering, protective substance or…

Texas does not prohibit owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. The one radar offense in the vehicle equipment chapter, Transportation Code Section…

Texas is one of the states that never wrote a studded tire calendar. Transportation Code Section 547.612(c) is the whole of the law: a tire on a moving vehicle may not carry a block…

Texas allows film down to 25 percent light transmission on both front side windows and on the windshield strip, with a matching ceiling of 25 percent luminous reflectance, and it sets…