Sherman, TX

In the City of Sherman, Texas, Fire Code section 6104.2, as amended by Sherman Code of Ordinances § 3.04.001(a)(87), caps any one liquefied petroleum gas installation at a water…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every multifamily dwelling complex must install the smoke and fire detection systems the fire code requires and keep them in operating condition. Battery…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, allowing rubbish, brush, debris, stagnant water or other unsanitary matter to accumulate on an occupied or unoccupied lot is a declared public nuisance…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a recreational fire shall not be conducted within 100 feet of a structure or combustible material under Fire Code § 307.4.2, and any condition that could…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, bonfires are prohibited. Other open burning needs a permit from the fire code official at the Sherman Fire Marshal's Office, and the fire must sit at…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, an owner, occupant or person in control of any occupied or unoccupied premises under two acres commits an offense by letting weeds, grass or other…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the twelve-inch vegetation limit has a short list of defenses in Sherman Code of Ordinances § 6.05.001(c): cultivated trees and shrubs, flowers or…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the owner or occupant of a lot must keep tree limbs over the sidewalk at least seven (7) feet above it and limbs over the street at least fourteen (14)…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a tree removal permit is required to remove or critically alter any tree on a parcel greater than five acres inside city limits or the extraterritorial…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, lawn watering follows a four-stage drought plan. Stage 1 asks customers to water on set days, and Stage 2 makes the schedule mandatory: even-numbered…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, sound equipment within a quiet zone becomes a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and between 11:30 p.m…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, an animal's owner or harborer cannot allow barking, howling, crowing or other noise to disturb the peace and quiet of neighboring properties. Three bona…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, building erection, demolition, alteration, repair and street excavation in a residential district are prohibited outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, motorized power equipment, which covers lawnmowers and similar devices, is a noise disturbance per se between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in residential and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 1.07.095(s) is headed "Altitude and noise of engines" and bars operating any aircraft over the city at an altitude of less than one thousand (1,000)…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a vehicle sound system is a violation when it is audible at 30 feet, or its vibration is felt at 30 feet, in a manner that causes a noise disturbance…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 3.03.010 amends the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code so that barriers on public swimming pools shall be six feet in height. The same…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 14.04.002(f) states that above-ground and in-ground pools require building permits. A permanent pool goes in the rear yard at least five feet from the…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to restrain a dog with a chain or tether unless the person is holding it, walking a dog on a hand-held leash is expressly allowed, and no…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the code ties microchipping to three situations: the owner of a court-determined dangerous dog, a pet shop or business selling or giving away cats and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, harboring a prohibited animal is unlawful within the city limits and 5,000 feet beyond them. Prohibited animals include venomous reptiles, pythons, boas…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a person who owns a cat over four months of age must keep it currently vaccinated against rabies, and each unvaccinated animal is a separate offense…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a person who keeps bees must keep each colony healthy, keep the ground near each hive sanitary, give every colony a convenient water source, and mark…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a pet shop needs an animal services license and can sell, trade, or give away a cat or dog only if the animal came from a government-owned or -operated…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the dangerous dog rules turn on a dog's conduct, not its breed. An owner learning a dog is dangerous has fifteen (15) days to remove it, euthanize it, or…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to keep more than ten (10) dogs, cats, or a combination on any premises used for residential purposes. A litter being weened and an annual…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the dangerous, wild animal rules do not apply to an injured, infirm, orphaned, or abandoned wild animal being transported for care or treatment, or being…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a keeper of chickens on land of one acre or less is capped at ten chickens total, and more than one rooster requires at least six hens. A coop cannot sit…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to wound, trap, maim, cripple, or inhumanely kill any animal, but § 2.02.016(c) permits humanely trapping, relocating, or humanely…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, Fire Code § 503.3.1 requires fire lanes to be marked with six inch red traffic paint, with the striping on the vertical face of the curb where a curb is…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a junked vehicle visible from a public place or right-of-way is a public nuisance. A vehicle is junked after more than 72 consecutive hours inoperable on…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, installing or modifying an electric vehicle charging station takes a construction permit under Fire Code § 105.6.25, and chargers cannot go inside…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, trailers, travel trailers, boats, boat trailers, motor homes and tent trailers can be stored only in the rear yard of a single-family residential…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, on residential lots under one acre, vehicles must be parked on a standard driveway of asphalt or Portland cement, and seven or more motor vehicles per…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to continuously and habitually leave a truck, truck-trailer, vehicle, recreation vehicle or recreation trailer on a public street, alley…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, streets the city council designates for loading carry NO PARKING LOADING ZONE signs, and downtown blocks carry signs reading NO PARKING LOADING ZONE 9:00…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no vehicle can be parked on a street so as to leave less than ten feet of either lane open to traffic, and parking in a prohibited, reserved or…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful at any time to leave a semitruck-type trailer, cargo truck or cargo trailer on a public street, alley or other public place in a…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, any structure built to hold dirt or earth is a retaining wall, and a wall four feet or greater measured from the base of the designed structure must be…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, metal panel fences are banned in every district, electric fences and wires are banned along streets, alleys and shared property lines, and chainlink is…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every fence and screening device needs a building permit and a city inspection, and the application must include a detailed site plan reviewed by the…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 14.04.004 caps residential front yard fences at four feet and side or rear yard screening fences at eight feet. No fence can stand inside the 25 foot…

Under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 143, Subchapter F, you cannot tear out a fence you jointly own with a neighbor, or one attached to a neighbor's fence, without mutual consent. To…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a home occupation is allowed only as an accessory use to a detached single-family dwelling unit, in the districts the use chart marks for it. The…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, zoning defines a daycare as a place where more than four unrelated children are left for care between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. in a place other than the…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a home occupation cannot show any external evidence of the business at a lot line, and the code names advertising and signs first on that list. The only…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a home occupation cannot involve more than four patrons on the premises at one time, and it cannot generate more traffic than a residential neighborhood…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 14.04.002(c) states that no accessory building shall be rented or leased and none can be used for commercial purposes. Because § 14.08.001 defines an…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 14.04.002(c)(5) allows an accessory dwelling only on a lot of at least 12,000 square feet zoned R-A, R-E, R-12 or R-6, with one accessory dwelling per…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a detached shed in a residential district needs a building permit and inspection under § 14.04.002 and must sit at least five feet from the rear and…

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…

Texas imposes a 6 percent state hotel occupancy tax on short-term rentals, including houses, condos, and Airbnb or VRBO stays, whenever a room costs 15 dollars or more per day.

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every multifamily dwelling complex must be inspected and exterminated for observed pests at least twice a year, and the work must be done by a licensed…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no one can operate a food establishment unless the manager of each shift holds a valid food service manager's certificate from the regulatory authority…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, used disposable syringes, hypodermic needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp objects designed and intended for intrusion into the human body must be…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, outdoor dining in the city-owned pedestrian right-of-way is permitted as long as an unobstructed pedestrian area stays clear. Section 3.10.001(b) bans…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, softball practices on city playground diamonds are scheduled by reservation and approval of the parks and recreation department, and tournament play…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, merchandise cannot be sold from the public way in the central business district unless allowed through a special event, which the code defines to include…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no person or group can conduct an assembly or public demonstration in Herman Baker Park without written permission of the park department director…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the Fire Code amendment at Sherman Code of Ordinances § 3.04.001(a)(60) adds section 907.2.8.4. An approved carbon monoxide detection system must be…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, multifamily dwelling complexes must install and maintain security devices in good working order: keyless deadbolt locks, door viewers, window and door…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the 2023 National Electrical Code is the adopted standard, with local amendments in § 3.03.003. Electrical work needs a city permit, the local power…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, an owner or agent must apply for a permit before building, altering, moving, demolishing or changing the occupancy of a structure, or replacing…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, contractors schedule every required building inspection through the city's online permit portal and read the results there. A failed inspection must be…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the residential code amendment in § 3.03.001 deletes Section R313.2 of the 2021 International Residential Code, the automatic fire system requirement for…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the 2021 International Plumbing Code is adopted with local amendments in § 3.03.006. New commercial and residential construction requires new water and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code is adopted with two local amendments in § 3.03.007. The Maximum Energy Rating Index table must follow the…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, Fire Code § 907.2.3 requires an approved smoke detection system in Group E day care occupancies. Residential in-home day care with not more than 12…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the rental property administrator can inspect a multifamily complex based on complaints or other credible information of a violation. Occupied units are…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every multifamily dwelling complex needs an annual rental property license, and the administrator inspects against the International Property Maintenance…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a sexually oriented business needs a city license, and every employee needs a separate employee license. The business can operate only in the C-2 and M-1…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no one provides wrecker service to the city without first signing an agreement with the city. That agreement sets the maximum rates, the Sherman Police…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no junk dealer or secondhand dealer can do business without an annual license obtained through the chief of police, backed by a $1,000.00 surety bond. A…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no person can own, operate or be an investor in a massage establishment without a permit issued by the city clerk. The permit is denied after…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, auto repairing or painting is on the list of uses prohibited as a home occupation. A home business must also stay inside the main building, keep all…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the only loitering offense in the code file reviewed is Sherman Code of Ordinances § 8.02.006: a specified sex offender cannot loiter within 500 feet of…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, drinking alcohol or possessing an open container is unlawful in any public park, on sidewalks, streets and alleys, on public parking lots, on school…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is an offense to smoke or possess burning tobacco, weed or other plant product in restaurants, bars, city meeting rooms and other listed public areas…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to ride a skateboard, skates, a bicycle or a similar device on the sidewalks of the downtown central business district bounded by…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, Sherman Code of Ordinances § 3.06.002 makes it unlawful for an owner or person in control to let a building fall below the minimum standards. A…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the person in control of an unoccupied lot under two acres cannot let weeds, grass or other vegetation grow taller than twelve inches. A lot of two acres…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no one can own, operate, manage or maintain a multifamily dwelling complex without a valid rental property license from the city. Licenses expire at the…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, multifamily rental complexes of five or more units must meet minimum habitability standards to pass inspection: sound floors and walls, a flush toilet…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, properties and persons in the downtown district are exempt from prosecution under the main noise sections during stated hours, running until 1:00 a.m. on…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a vehicle sound system that is audible at a distance of 30 feet, or that makes a person aware of vibration accompanying the sound at 30 feet, violates…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, loading or unloading any vehicle in a manner that causes a noise disturbance violates the noise article. Separately, a refrigerated-type truck or trailer…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no person may operate a mobile food unit on a sidewalk, and no unit can be run so that it disrupts street traffic or draws pedestrians into the street…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a mobile food unit needs a permit from the city clerk's office, backed by proof of state and regulatory authority permitting. Everyone who operates or…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a mobile food unit cannot operate on a central business district street unless council has closed the street for a special event. Parks and city lots are…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, all proposed development within a special flood hazard area or floodplain needs a city floodplain development permit issued by the engineering…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, construction sites must meet the North Central Texas BMP Manual design criteria, stabilize soil within five days of clearing or inactivity, and install…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, new construction and substantial improvement of a residential structure in a special flood hazard area must have its lowest floor, including any…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, only stormwater may enter the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). Article 13.05 makes it an offense to introduce any discharge not composed…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no person or business can operate a light with a visible source of illumination that produces glare or directs illumination across a property line at an…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, signs with flashing, blinking or traveling lights are limited to frosted bulbs of 60 watts or less, and digital or LED signs must stay within 0.3…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, it is unlawful to obstruct any sidewalk, alley, street or highway with a fence, a tied animal, a vehicle, a machine, any object or a crowd that blocks…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no tree, shrub or other vegetation except lawn grass can be planted in a parkway, the strip between an established curbline and the property line. A…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a heritage tree is any listed species measuring 36 caliper inches or larger. Removal on covered land triggers a replacement ratio of 3 caliper inches for…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a protected tree is any species listed in Table 10.1 that measures 12 caliper inches or larger, including pecan, live oak, bur oak, bald cypress and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every city park is closed to the public from 12:00 midnight until 4:00 a.m., Sunday through Saturday, and it is unlawful to remain on park property…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, solar photovoltaic systems and solar panel installations must be engineered by a design professional bearing his or her stamp, under the electrical code…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, peddlers and solicitors can conduct business only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to sunset. The hours rule in § 4.08.008 sits inside Article 4.08, which…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, no one can sell goods or solicit funds door to door without first obtaining a permit from the city clerk. The application is sworn, requires a bond of…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, signs advertising a garage sale must comply with Article 14.07 (Sign Regulations) and must be promptly removed under that article. Failing to remove a…

The City of Sherman, Texas prohibits billboards, off-premises signs and outdoor advertising signs outright, and bans changeable electronic variable message signs and LED billboards…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, community service window signs for a seasonal celebration have no size limit, while other community service signs in windows are capped at ten percent of…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, signs in the F.M. Highway 1417 Overlay District under Sherman Code of Ordinances § 14.03.002 are capped at a 65 square foot face and twelve feet in…

Texas Election Code 259.003 and Election Code Section 259.002 protect political signs on private residential property. Cities cannot regulate compliant signs at any time, and HOAs…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a specific individual location can receive no more than three garage sale permits within a 12-month period, and no single sale can run longer than three…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, model aircraft not capable of carrying a person are barred from operating at, launching from, flying over or landing at the municipal airport. Only the…

Texas Government Code Chapter 423 occupies the field of unmanned aircraft regulation. Cities and counties cannot adopt their own recreational drone ordinances, though limited municipal…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, any residence inside the city limits that has water service must have city solid waste service and pay the code's rates. Collection runs once per week on…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, recycling runs through the city's residential drop-off facility. Cardboard, paper, #1 and #2 plastics and tin and aluminum cans are accepted at no…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, roll-out carts must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on pickup day, no more than one foot from the street, with the white serial number facing the street…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, every residential customer must use the city's automated roll-out carts. A cart goes to the curb or alley no earlier than 24 hours before the scheduled…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, grass clippings, hedge trimmings and tree limbs of one inch or less in diameter go curbside inside the automated carts. Limbs and lumber must be tied in…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a residential special refuse pickup costs $21.00 per cubic yard with an $84.00 minimum paid up front. Breaking the bulk waste and brush program…

The City of Sherman, Texas code describes recycling as a no-charge drop-off for cardboard, paper, plastics type #1 and #2, and tin and aluminum cans, accepted unbagged, dry, clean, and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, each platted commercial lot needs a solid waste and recycling container enclosure built and maintained by the owner or developer. Enclosures cannot sit…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, depositing trash, brush, bulky waste, or construction or demolition waste on a public street, alley, or thoroughfare is declared a nuisance and is…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, § 3.09.007(d)(3) governs barbecue pits in mobile home parks and manufactured home communities. Pits, cooking shelters and stoves must be located…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, an R-6 single-family lot needs a 20 foot front setback and a 20 foot rear setback under Sherman Code of Ordinances § 14.02.006, plus a 25 foot setback…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the height cap is printed in each residential zoning district: no building shall exceed 35 feet in R-6 under Sherman Code of Ordinances §…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, association documents for a required POA must contain covenants for maintenance assessments that run with the land, plus authority to collect and…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, association documents must state that enforcement of association rules and regulations is solely the association's responsibility and not the city's. The…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, any residential development with an amenity or thoroughfare screening must form a mandatory property owners' association. Its recorded documents must…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs residential subdivision homeowners associations, not condominium associations and not associations that are themselves subject to the Public…

A Texas HOA enforces its recorded restrictive covenants (Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 202), but Chapter 209 controls the procedure: § 209.006 requires certified-mail notice and a cure…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the central business district overlay in Sherman Code of Ordinances § 14.03.009 sets mandatory building design rules downtown. At least 85% of exterior…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, agricultural zoning is the R-A (Residential Agricultural) District in Sherman Code of Ordinances § 14.02.003. The district protects farm use on the urban…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the hotel occupancy tax is 7 percent of the consideration paid for a room costing $2.00 or more per day. Hotel operators collect it, file quarterly…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, a driver passing a person on a bicycle in the roadway must vacate the lane on multi-lane streets when safe, or pass at a safe distance of at least three…

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…

In the City of Sherman, Texas, the city runs a regularly scheduled leak detection program, repairs leaks as they are reported, and records each repair on a master distribution map…

Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 487 limits cannabis dispensing to state-licensed Compassionate Use Program providers: expanded to as many as 15 organizations by HB 46 (2025). There…

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…

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…

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…