Tree removal permit rules in Guadalupe County, TX — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Removing a tree on your own unincorporated Guadalupe County land needs no permit; Texas has no statewide tree-protection law and the county regulates none. Cities like Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo require permits and mitigation for larger trees.
Texas does not protect private trees statewide, and Guadalupe County has no tree-removal ordinance, so on unincorporated land you can remove trees without county approval. City land is different: Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo protect trees above a set trunk size through their development codes and require permits or mitigation, especially for mature live oaks. Even there, Texas Local Government Code Section 212.905 caps a city's power, because a municipality that charges a tree-mitigation fee must let the owner offset it with credits for replanting. Street and right-of-way trees are city-managed. If you remove an oak, follow oak-wilt precautions.
No penalty for removing your own trees on unincorporated land. Inside a city, unpermitted removal of a protected tree brings fines and mitigation-planting requirements, and damaging a public street tree brings restitution to the city.
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