Pflugerville, TX

Pflugerville sets no beekeeping ordinance. Neither the Animals chapter nor the Unified Development Code restricts residential apiaries, so backyard hives are allowed by right. Only…

Keeping livestock in Pflugerville must conform to the zoning code, and any enclosure has to sit at least 50 feet from residentially zoned property, from homes the keeper doesn't own…

Pflugerville requires every dog to be under restraint: a leash or lead six feet or shorter, secure fencing, or hands-on physical control. A dog off the owner's property or on a longer…

Pflugerville's animal code sets no maximum number of dogs or cats a household can keep. Chapter 90 regulates ownership through rabies, welfare, and nuisance standards rather than a…

Keeping a lion, tiger, cougar, bear, monkey, wolf hybrid, or any other dangerous wild animal as a pet is a criminal offense in Pflugerville. Only zoos, government agencies, and…

Pflugerville bans no dog breed. Texas law forbids breed-specific ordinances. The city instead declares individual dogs "dangerous" by behavior, following the state definition, and…

Unincorporated Travis County does not require cat licenses, but rabies vaccination is mandatory under state law and TCAS Chapter 30 rules apply to cats causing nuisance or showing…

Travis County has limited zoning authority under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 240, so veterinary clinics in unincorporated areas operate primarily under state licensing rules…

Travis County Park Rules flatly prohibit feeding any animal in a county park, alongside disturbing, harming, collecting, hunting, restraining, trapping, or releasing wildlife…

Travis County does not impose general mandatory spay-neuter on owned pets, but Texas HSC 828 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released from TCAS adoption or shelter custody…

Travis County hosts protected species like the golden-cheeked warbler under the federal Endangered Species Act, plus migratory songbirds under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act…

Pflugerville enforces a year-round drought contingency plan under City Code Section 53.216. Even at the baseline conservation stage, sprinkler irrigation of ornamental landscape is…

In Pflugerville, any tree at least 8 inches in diameter is protected and cannot be removed until the City approves a subdivision, site disturbance, or site development permit. Removal…

Pflugerville declares any property where weeds or grass exceed an average of 8 inches a nuisance. The owner, occupant, or controller commits an offense, including for the adjoining…

Artificial turf is permitted throughout Travis County; no county ordinance prohibits or regulates it. Austin allows artificial turf but excludes it from landscape rebate programs (only…

Texas strongly supports rainwater harvesting under TX Property Code 202.007 (HOAs cannot prohibit) and Tax Code 151.355 (sales tax exemption for equipment). Travis County and Austin…

Travis County strongly encourages native Hill Country plants (live oak, cedar elm, bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush, Mexican feathergrass) for water conservation. Austin Grow Green…

Building a residential swimming pool or spa in Pflugerville requires a building permit from the City Building Department. Pools fall under the city-adopted 2021 Residential Swimming…

Pflugerville requires every swimming pool and spa to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high, with self-closing, self-latching gates. The standard comes from the International…

In Pflugerville, RVs, motorhomes, boat trailers, and oversized vehicles cannot be parked in a residential front yard, side yard, or the strip between the curb and property line unless…

In Pflugerville it is unlawful to park any RV, motor home, trailer, boat trailer, vehicle over 9,500 pounds, or vehicle longer than 24 feet on a city street, alley, or sidewalk…

Pflugerville makes it unlawful to park any vehicle over 9,500 pounds or longer than 24 feet, plus trailers, boat trailers, and self-propelled motor homes, on any city street, alley, or…

Pflugerville declares a junked vehicle a public nuisance once it sits wrecked, or inoperable for 72 hours on public property or 30 days on private property, while showing an expired or…

Pflugerville makes it unlawful to park any vehicle over 9,500 pounds gross weight or longer than 24 feet on any street, alley, or sidewalk, including residential blocks. Trailers…

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…

Pflugerville names barking dogs and other noise-producing animals as a prohibited noise disturbance under Chapter 94. A dog whose barking carries at or beyond your property line…

Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, Pflugerville caps residential noise at 65 decibels, ten quieter than the 70-decibel daytime limit. On Fridays and Saturdays the…

Pflugerville bans operating a car radio, CD player, or other sound-making device in a vehicle so that it is audible 30 or more feet away on a public street. The rule also catches…

Pflugerville caps amplified sound and other noise at 70 decibels during the day and 65 decibels at night in residential areas, and 85 decibels in nonresidential areas. Exceeding these…

Construction, drilling, and demolition noise that carries across a residential property line is prohibited before 7:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m. from April through October, or after…

Travis County has no leaf blower regulations for unincorporated areas. No countywide decibel, time-of-day, or equipment-type rules exist. Austin city ordinance does not extend to…

In Pflugerville, fences and walls top out at six feet, rising to seven only where topography forces it and the Administrator agrees. Front-yard fences on single-family lots cap at…

Pflugerville's Unified Development Code prohibits chain-link fences on single-family detached lots in every zoning district. The permitted materials are wood, wrought iron, and masonry…

Pflugerville does not require a standalone building permit to install a residential fence up to seven feet tall, but every fence must meet the Unified Development Code: a six-foot…

Pflugerville enforces the 2021 International Residential and Building Codes as its construction code. Under that code, a retaining wall taller than four feet, measured from the bottom…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each owner is responsible for their own fence. Travis County does not mediate boundary fence disputes. Shared fence cost-sharing requires…

Open burning is prohibited in Pflugerville unless the Fire Marshal issues a permit. Recreational, ceremonial, cooking, and warming fires are exempt when they meet TCEQ rules, and the…

Recreational, cooking, and warmth fires need no permit in Pflugerville, but the code requires 50 feet of clearance from any structure, or 15 feet if the fire burns inside an approved…

Pflugerville adopts the 2021 International Fire Code and International Residential Code by reference in Code section 150.02. Those codes require smoke alarms inside every sleeping…

Unincorporated Travis County requires every new subdivision to have two independent access streets connecting to different external roads. A single access street is allowed only if the…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2154 governs fireworks sales and use, while Local Government Code Chapter 352 limits how counties can restrict consumer fireworks during drought. The…

Selling, transporting, dispensing, or storing propane (LP-gas) in Texas requires a license from the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code Chapter 113. Only the…

Pflugerville allows both attached and detached accessory dwelling units on single-family lots, but only if the property owner lives in the principal house. The ADU's floor area cannot…

Pflugerville regulates detached sheds and accessory buildings through its Unified Development Code. In residential districts these structures cannot exceed 24 feet in height, must sit…

Texas has no tiny-home-specific statute. Any transportable, chassis-mounted dwelling that reaches 320 square feet is manufactured housing under Occupations Code Chapter 1201, built to…

Home businesses are allowed by right in Pflugerville, but the Unified Development Code caps them hard: work stays inside the dwelling, only immediate family may be employed, no…

In-home child care in Pflugerville runs by right as a home occupation, an accessory use of the dwelling. The provider cares for no more than six children who aren't their own…

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…

Travis County does NOT levy a county hotel occupancy tax on STRs. Operators pay 6% Texas state HOT to the Comptroller plus any city HOT (Austin 11%, Bee Cave 7%, Lakeway 7%). Platforms…

Travis County does not restrict short-term rentals to a host's primary residence. Investor-owned and second-home STRs are permitted across unincorporated areas, consistent with Texas…

Travis County does not cap STR rental nights. Austin Type 2 STRs are currently limited to non-owner-occupied rental with no annual night cap; owner-occupied Type 1 has no limit.

Travis County does not cap home-share length or distinguish extended stays from short stays. Hosts can rent rooms or whole homes for any duration, subject only to Texas hotel occupancy…

Travis County does not regulate STR parking in unincorporated areas. Guests generally park on-site; county roads allow on-street parking unless posted. Austin STRs must provide one…

Texas Tax Code 156.103 requires marketplace facilitators like Airbnb and Vrbo to collect and remit state hotel occupancy tax on Travis County stays. Hosts remain responsible if the…

Travis County does not require a short-term rental permit in unincorporated areas. Incorporated cities (Austin, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Pflugerville) each license STRs separately. State HOT…

Pflugerville confines sexually oriented businesses to general-industrial (GI) zoning and bars any within 750 feet of a church, school, home, park, or another adult business: 1,000 feet…

Massage therapy and establishments in Travis County are licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Occupations Code Chapter 455, with county zoning and TCHHS…

Texas requires e-cigarette retailers to hold a state e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, with FDA premarket authorization for products, and Travis County does not…

A towing company cannot pick up non-consent tows for the Travis County Sheriff's Office without a spot on its Rotation List. Getting listed means running 24-hour service, holding a…

Tattoo and body piercing studios in Travis County need a Texas Department of State Health Services license under Health and Safety Code Chapter 146, with mandatory minor-consent rules…

Secondhand dealers and metal recyclers in Travis County must follow Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 reporting rules, hold-period requirements, and seller identification, with TCSO…

In Pflugerville, the abutting property owner carries the duty to reconstruct or repair a defective, unsafe, or hazardous sidewalk, driveway, curb, or gutter. The city is not barred…

In Pflugerville it is an offense to obstruct or injure any public sidewalk, median, curb, street, roadway, or right-of-way, or to defy a peace officer's order to clear one. Lawfully…

Any privately owned wall, fence, landscaping or building projection that encroaches into Travis County right-of-way needs a License Agreement approved by Commissioners Court under Code…

Pflugerville residents must bundle brush, limbs and Christmas trees no longer than 48 inches, under 4 inches in diameter, no more than 2 cubic yards, and under 40 pounds, set at the…

Pflugerville provides every household single-stream curbside recycling through the city's hauler. Residents are encouraged, not required, to recycle, but recycling carts must sit at…

Pflugerville requires residents to place their provided trash cart, recycling cart, and bundles at the edge of the property adjacent to the street by 7:00 a.m. on their assigned…

In Pflugerville, every residential customer inside the city limits must use City refuse collection and set carts at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on their City Council-assigned pickup day…

In unincorporated Travis County, letting litter pile up for more than 30 days within 50 feet of a public highway is prohibited outright. The Commissioners Court can send a…

Pflugerville sets no annual cap on residential garage sales and no maximum duration. The Unified Development Code names garage sales as a permitted temporary use in section 4.7.2…

Anyone peddling goods or soliciting donations door-to-door in Pflugerville must obtain a permit from the city manager before starting. The police department investigates every…

In Pflugerville, door-to-door peddlers and solicitors must register for a city permit, cannot knock at any home or business posted with a "No Solicitation" sign, and may not operate…

Pflugerville has no juvenile curfew. Texas House Bill 1819, in force September 1, 2023, bars every city and county from adopting or enforcing any curfew on people younger than 18.

Pflugerville city parks are open dawn to 10:00 p.m. only; trails stay open 24 hours for walking, hiking, jogging, and bicycling. Being in a park when it is not open to the public is…

In Pflugerville's FEMA special flood hazard areas, new construction and substantial improvements must elevate the lowest floor to no lower than two feet above the base flood elevation…

Travis County enforces floodplain development through Chapter 82 and participates in NFIP. The 2018 Llano River / Lake Travis flood raised the lake 18 feet in days and drove…

Travis County has no cool-roof mandate for private properties because Texas preempts local energy code amendments on residential construction beyond the adopted 2015 IRC baseline…

Travis County bans illicit discharges into its municipal storm sewer system and open waterways countywide, requiring best management practices from industrial and construction sites…

Travis County requires County Executive approval before any access route or appurtenance to a boat dock, pier, wharf, or marina crosses the mandatory waterway setback along Lake…

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in Travis County are subject to the TCEQ five-minute idling rule under 30 TAC Chapter 114. Travis County signed the Memorandum of Agreement…

Grading permits are required under Travis County Code Chapter 82 for any disturbance over 1 acre, cuts/fills over 4 feet, or any work in the Edwards Aquifer recharge or contributing…

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…

An outdoor special event or parade in Pflugerville must obtain a Temporary Use Permit whenever it blocks a public right-of-way or requires city services like street closures…

Closing a Pflugerville street or throwing a block party means pulling a city Special Event Permit. Any organized activity using or impacting a public street, sidewalk, or property…

Anyone wanting to hold a special event, or to film or photograph commercially, in a Travis County park must apply at least 14 days in advance and get approval from the Parks Director…

Pflugerville declares any building that falls below the city's minimum standards a public nuisance. The Building and Standards Commission can order the owner to repair, vacate, secure…

Any vacant or unimproved lot in unincorporated Travis County must be kept free of stagnant water, weeds over 36 inches, rubbish, garbage, and trash under Code Section 261.009, which…

Pflugerville adopts the 2021 International Building Code as its City Construction Code, and it applies to all construction within the city. You must pull a building permit from the…

Travis County has not adopted a mandatory green building code, though state-level energy provisions in the IECC apply through Chapter 64 and Austin Energy Green Building reaches some…

Travis County adopts the International Building Code and International Fire Code through Chapter 64, which require fire sprinklers in most multifamily and commercial occupancies but…

Elevators in Travis County commercial and multifamily buildings are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under TX Health and Safety Code Ch. 754 and 16 TAC Ch…

New residential construction in unincorporated Travis County needs a minimum of three inspections: foundation before concrete, framing and mechanical before drywall, and a final…

Childcare centers in unincorporated Travis County must meet Texas HHSC licensing requirements alongside Chapter 64 building rules, ESD fire marshal inspection, and Travis County Health…

Since July 1, 2026, anyone running a food truck in Pflugerville must hold a Texas DSHS mobile food vendor license: one per vehicle, renewed annually. State law now preempts the city's…

Chapter 247 of the Travis County Code requires every mobile food unit and roadside vendor operating in the unincorporated county, including the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, to…

Red-light cameras are illegal in Pflugerville. Texas Transportation Code 707.020, added by HB 1631 and effective June 2, 2019, bars every local authority from operating a photographic…

Shared electric scooters operate under City of Austin and other municipal permits, not Travis County. Unincorporated Travis County has no shared-mobility license framework, so dockless…

Travis County Transportation and Natural Resources stripes bike lanes on county arterials including Cameron Road, FM 1826, and South Pleasant Valley extensions. Texas Transportation…

Travis County classifies e-bikes by motor behavior, not just speed: Class 1 and 2 top out pedal- or throttle-assist at 20 mph, Class 3 assists to 28 mph. Only Class 1 and 2 e-bikes may…

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…

Political signs are broadly protected under Texas Election Code §259.002 and the First Amendment. Travis County and Austin cannot ban political signs on private residential property…

Holiday decorations and displays are permitted in Travis County and Austin without permit, provided they do not create traffic hazards, encroach on public right-of-way, or violate…

Garage sale signs are allowed on private property during the sale but prohibited in public right-of-way. Austin City Code §25-10-152 limits off-premise temporary signs; Travis County…

Rooftop solar installations in unincorporated Travis County require an electrical permit from Development Services (typical fee $150-250) and must comply with 2017 National Electrical…

Texas Property Code Section 202.010 voids any Travis County homeowners' association rule that bans or restricts solar panels outright. HOAs governing unincorporated subdivisions may…

Cannabis home cultivation is illegal in Texas. TX Health & Safety Code §481.121 makes possession of any marijuana plant a criminal offense. Only TCUP (Texas Compassionate Use Program)…

Cannabis delivery in Travis County is limited to state-licensed Compassionate Use dispensing organizations transporting low-THC product to registered patients under DPS rules, with no…

In unincorporated Travis County, no zoning ordinance governs where a cannabis dispensary can locate because Texas counties hold no zoning power. Instead, Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec…

Texas does not license adult-use cannabis businesses, so Travis County has no social equity licensing program; only a small set of state-licensed Compassionate Use Program dispensaries…

Texas does not impose statewide cannabis buffer zones because adult-use is illegal; the few Compassionate Use dispensaries follow DPS site-security rules, and Travis County has no…

Texas prohibits personal cannabis cultivation entirely; Travis County cannot authorize home grows because Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 makes any plant possession a state…

Property owners in unincorporated Travis County must abate rodent harborage and standing water that breeds vectors, with TCHHS empowered to issue notices and pursue abatement under…

Texas requires food employees to complete an accredited food handler course within 60 days of hire, and Travis County food permits are conditioned on staff holding current certificates…

Commercial drone operators need FAA Part 107 certification plus LAANC authorization for Austin-Bergstrom Class C airspace. Texas Gov Code Ch. 423 restricts aerial surveillance. Travis…

Recreational drone flight in Travis County is regulated by FAA Part 107 and 49 USC §44809. Austin-Bergstrom Class C airspace covers most of Travis County, requiring LAANC…

Travis County allows drones in its parks only during daylight in good weather, bars flying between dusk and dawn, and lets the Parks Department post signs closing specific parks to…

In Travis County parks, drone operators must comply with all FAA rules, including the FAA's prohibited airspace zones near airports that cover many county parks. Flights cannot…

Texas Local Government Code 250.007 prohibits cities and counties from requiring landlords to accept Section 8 housing vouchers. Travis County therefore cannot enforce source-of-income…

Travis County allows no-fault, end-of-lease non-renewal under Texas Property Code Chapter 24. Landlords need only provide proper notice; no just-cause requirement applies, and county…

Travis County does not require landlords to pay tenant relocation assistance for no-fault evictions, demolitions, or substantial renovations. Texas Property Code provides no statewide…

Travis County and Texas law impose no rules on cash-for-keys agreements. Landlords and tenants may negotiate any sum for voluntary surrender of possession, subject only to ordinary…

Travis County has no dedicated tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants rely on Texas Property Code retaliation protections, federal Fair Housing Act anti-harassment rules, and…

Texas law does not require a landlord to prove cause to end a tenancy. In unincorporated Travis County, Tex. Prop. Code Sec. 24.005 sets only a notice-to-vacate requirement: at least…

Texas Property Code 92.103 requires landlords to return tenant security deposits, with itemized deductions, within 30 days of move-out. Travis County follows state rules; willful…

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 § 92.052 a landlord must make a diligent effort to repair conditions that materially affect an ordinary tenant's health or safety after proper notice. Section…

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…

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…

Travis County does not regulate plastic straws because TX HSC 361.0961 preempts local container restrictions; restaurants may voluntarily offer paper or upon-request straw service…

Travis County cannot ban polystyrene foam containers because the same TX HSC 361.0961 preemption confirmed by Laredo Merchants v. Laredo applies to all solid waste containers, not just…

Travis County cannot ban plastic carryout bags after the 2018 Texas Supreme Court decision in Laredo Merchants v. City of Laredo, which struck local bag bans as preempted by the Texas…

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 161.0815 prohibits selling tobacco or e-cigarette products to anyone under 21, with limited military exception, and Travis County retailers must…

Recycled and reclaimed water service in Travis County is largely confined to the City of Austin reclaimed water network, which serves downtown, Mueller, and select east-side districts…

Turf replacement is voluntary in Travis County. Several water providers including Austin Water and WTCPUA offer rebates between one and two dollars per square foot of converted lawn to…

Travis County prohibits public consumption of alcohol in county parks and on the Highland Lakes shoreline by ordinance, while broader open container rules in vehicles follow Texas…

Travis County and Austin prohibit aggressive panhandling such as touching, blocking paths, or soliciting at ATMs and bus stops, while passive sign-holding remains protected speech…

Travis County's only loitering ban sits in one place: the Loop 360 Boat Ramp on Lake Austin. Section 232.043 limits the ramp to launching and retrieving watercraft or boarding and…

Travis County's Tobacco-Free Campus Policy bans tobacco and vapor product use at every county-owned or leased building, vehicle, garage, and parking lot, including outdoor space within…

Marijuana possession and public use remain illegal under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 across Travis County, though Austin Proposition A (2022) deprioritized low-level…

Travis County has limited zoning authority compared to municipalities. Texas Local Government Code Chapter 240 grants counties only narrow powers over subdivisions, flood plains, and a…

Texas Senate Bill 4 (2017) prohibits sanctuary policies in Travis County, requires local jails to honor ICE detainers, and bans elected officials from limiting cooperation, with…

Texas preempts local minimum wage laws under Local Government Code Chapter 229, leaving the federal $7.25 per hour rate as the floor for most private employers in Travis County, though…

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…

Travis County HOAs operate under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act (TX Property Code Ch. 209). Boards must hold open meetings, provide 10 days notice, and maintain…

HOA assessments in Travis County are governed by CCRs and TX Property Code 209.0062-209.0064. Payment plans must be offered before foreclosure; judicial foreclosure required for…

HOAs enforce CCRs under TX Property Code 202 and 209. Fines must be reasonable; common cap $200/day. Owners have right to cure, hearing, and appeal. Religious items, solar, flags, and…

TX Property Code 209.007 requires HOAs to provide owners notice and opportunity for a hearing before assessing fines or suspending privileges. Owners may request ADR through the Texas…

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…

Unincorporated Travis County has no zoning, so there is no yard-setback-by-district table. The real setback minimums instead come from the Subdivision Regulations'…

Travis County caps impervious cover at 15% for single-family and duplex lots and 45% for commercial parcels under Code Sec. 482.229, but only inside subdivisions built under the…

Outdoor cooking in Travis County parks is normally fine in camp stoves, grills, fireplaces, or ground fires in designated areas, but the county can shut that down fast: during a burn…

Filming or photographing on Travis County Parks property for commercial use, stock photography, student projects, TV, or movies requires the same special events application every other…

Travis County Parks require a special events application before anyone films or photographs on park property for commercial use, stock photography, student projects, television, or…

New construction, additions and remodeling inside a Travis County Conservation Development must comply with the Dark Sky Lighting Standards spelled out in the county's Conservation…

Any plat application in unincorporated Travis County must include a drainage plan showing FEMA or Atlas 14 flood elevation data whenever the property sits in a special flood hazard…

Hotels and short-term rentals in Travis County collect a combined hotel occupancy tax of roughly fifteen percent, including six percent state and up to nine percent municipal in…

Travis County businesses pay the Texas franchise tax administered by the Comptroller rather than a local business income tax, and personal property used in business is taxed annually…

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…

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 Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

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 §…

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 Local Government Code Chapter 212 and Agriculture Code Chapter 251 limit municipal authority to zone or regulate land qualified for agricultural use appraisal. Counties have no…

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…

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…