Taylor, TX

Taylor lets residents light campfires, ceremonial fires, and cooking fires without a burn permit under City Code Sec. 9-77(c), but caps them at 18 cubic feet, roughly two feet high by…

Taylor's fire code and LP-gas article cap propane storage citywide: liquefied petroleum gas cannot be stored inside or underneath any building, and any single LP-gas installation is…

Taylor allows only specific types of outdoor burning inside the city. Recreational, ceremonial, cooking, and warming fires need no permit but are capped at 18 cubic feet; brush and…

Taylor's fire code carves out a specific smoke alarm mandate for lodging houses: they don't need a fire sprinkler system, but every sleeping room must have a smoke alarm and a carbon…

Consumer 1.4G fireworks are legal in unincorporated Williamson County and sell June 24 through July 4 and December 20 through January 1; the Commissioners Court can restrict skyrockets…

Texas assigns no regulatory wildfire hazard zones and no wildland-urban-interface building code to unincorporated Williamson County; drought burn bans by the Commissioners Court are…

Taylor's weed ordinance caps grass and noxious weeds at 12 inches and underbrush at 18 inches on any occupied or improved lot within the city. Tree canopies must clear the ground by…

Taylor's landscaping ordinance will not let synthetic or artificial lawns and plants count toward the landscaping a new non-single-family development is required to install. Sec…

Taylor's landscaping ordinance recommends plants native to Central Texas and lets qualifying xeriscape and native plantings skip the underground irrigation system otherwise required…

Removing, topping, or otherwise destroying a protected tree six inches or more in diameter anywhere in Taylor, inside the city limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, requires a…

Taylor's Drought Contingency Plan restricts landscape irrigation to two fixed days a week once the city triggers Stage 2 mandatory water use restrictions under City Code § 29-89…

Taylor's Land Development Code sets numeric clearance rules for trees near intersections and streets: canopies in sight-distance triangles must stay at least eight feet above the…

Rainwater harvesting is protected statewide. A Williamson County HOA cannot prohibit rain barrels or a rainwater collection system, and the county encourages it. Property Code Section…

Any junked vehicle visible from a public street or right-of-way in Taylor is declared a public nuisance under Sec. 18-48, and Sec. 18-49 makes it unlawful for anyone to leave one on…

Taylor bans stopping, standing or parking in front of any driveway, on a sidewalk, within an intersection or crosswalk, or within 15 feet of a fire hydrant under City Code § 17-266…

Taylor limits how long boats, recreational vehicles, farm implements and trailers can sit on public streets. Section 17-282 caps parking on a residential street at 24 hours, bans…

Taylor bans parking a commercial truck, semitrailer or tractor truck rated at 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more in any residential zone shown on the city zoning map, under…

Taylor's curb loading zones for passengers and freight run from 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily except Sundays and legal holidays, under City Code § 17-330, set and posted by the city…

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…

Taylor bars stationary loudspeakers and amplifiers from running between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and at any time on Sunday between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., under Sec. 19-4(b)(2) of…

Construction, demolition, or repair work within 500 feet of a home or lodging in Taylor is barred outside set hours under Sec. 19-4(b)(6): 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m…

Taylor declares barking dogs a nuisance in two chapters: § 4-4(e) bans loud or frequent barking that disturbs a person of ordinary sensibilities, and § 19-4(b)(13) lists the same…

Every vehicle in Taylor must run a muffler in good working order at all times to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and using a cutout, bypass or similar device that creates excessive…

No statewide quiet hours exist. In unincorporated Williamson County, unreasonable noise in or near a private residence is disorderly conduct under Tex. Penal Code §42.01, a Class C…

Taylor has no beekeeping permit, hive cap or setback. Code of Ordinances § 4-4(d) only bans keeping bees in a manner that denies a neighbor's lawful use of adjacent property or…

Section 4-3 makes it a strict-liability offense to let any dog run at large in Taylor. A dog must be confined by a building, wall or fence, on a leash, in the owner's hands, or under…

Taylor caps livestock by lot size, bans roosters outright, and limits backyard chickens to six on a half-acre lot or 12 on an acre or more under Code of Ordinances §§ 4-8 and 4-9, with…

Taylor requires every cat four months or older to be registered annually with the city or a designated veterinarian under Code of Ordinances § 4-42, with proof of rabies vaccination…

Taylor bans owning, possessing or harboring wild, wild-hybrid or prohibited animals citywide under § 4-6, covering venomous reptiles, big cats, wolves and primates among others…

Taylor does not require every pet to be sterilized, but any dog or cat adopted from the city shelter under six months old must be spayed or neutered by six months under § 4-64(a), and…

Anyone operating a pet grooming, selling, breeding, showing, exhibiting or boarding business in Taylor needs an annual permit from the animal control officer under Code of Ordinances §…

Texas law blocks cities from banning dogs by breed, so Taylor's rule targets individual animals instead. City Code Sec. 4-23 lets the animal control officer declare a dog dangerous…

Texas has no standalone hoarding statute; officers use Health & Safety Code Chapter 821 to seize animals deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, and a court can divest the owner…

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…

Taylor requires a building permit for any residential swimming pool, spa or sauna, reviewed under the 2020 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code adopted at City Code § 26-1. The…

Every swimming pool in Taylor must have a fence or barrier with a self-latching gate that meets the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, a requirement written into the…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code allows accessory dwelling units, defined as a secondary unit on the same lot as a principal dwelling, in the P2 Rural, P2.5 Large Lot, P3…

Unincorporated Williamson County neither zones nor permits garage conversions. Converting a garage into living space with a bathroom triggers an on-site sewage (OSSF) review under…

A tiny home on wheels is titled as a travel trailer under Texas Transportation Code Section 501.002 and is not used as a permanent dwelling. A tiny home on a foundation with plumbing…

Taylor does not require a permit for an ordinary yard fence, but Section 5.8.5.6 of the Land Development Code requires a building permit before construction whenever a fence or…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps fence height by lot layer under Section 5.8.5.4: four feet maximum in the first layer nearest the street, six feet in the second layer, and…

Taylor's Land Development Code spells out which fence materials are allowed and which are banned citywide, and it bars barbed wire fencing on any residential lot smaller than two…

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…

Section 5.9.3.7(3) of Taylor's Land Development Code bars any signs or other exterior visible evidence of a home occupation, so a home-based business operating under the code's…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code does not write a daycare-specific zoning rule; a home-based daycare is regulated as a home occupation accessory use under LDC Sec. 5.9.3.7. It must…

Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Williamson County home with no permit, license, or health inspection. Annual food sales are capped at $150,000…

STR guests are bound by the same state law as everyone else: unreasonable noise near a residence is disorderly conduct under Tex. Penal Code §42.01, a Class C misdemeanor up to $500…

Short-term rentals owe Texas's 6% state hotel occupancy tax under Tex. Tax Code §156.052, plus Williamson County's county hotel tax. State law defines a 'hotel' to include short-term…

Taylor's fire code exempts lodging houses (bed-and-breakfast rentals of five or fewer guestrooms) from the automatic sprinkler mandate on the condition that they install smoke alarms…

Taylor has adopted the 2018 International Plumbing Code, with local amendments, as Chapter 22 of its Code of Ordinances. Anyone applying for a plumbing permit must be a Texas-licensed…

Taylor's fire code requires an automatic sprinkler system throughout any building with a Group R (residential) fire area, covering apartments, condos, and similar multifamily uses…

Taylor adopted the 2018 International Building Code as its Building Code by Ordinance No. 2021-31, so new construction and substantial repairs need a Building Department permit before…

Taylor enforces the National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, as its electrical code, and City Code Sec. 8-2 layers on a local licensing rule: whoever pulls the permit must be a…

Vendors selling goods, services or food at a Taylor street fair or festival need authorization under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-157, and vendors at city-hosted special events must…

Closing a public or TXDOT-owned street in Taylor for a block party or neighborhood gathering requires a special event permit under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-151 whenever the event…

A parade, march, demonstration or procession in Taylor needs a special event permit under Sec. 14-151, and Sec. 14-155(a)(10) requires organizers of any march or race to submit a route…

A restaurant wanting to serve customers on a Taylor sidewalk needs a special use license under the city's Parklets Program, the same ordinance that licenses parklets. City Code §…

Businesses that want to convert curb space into a public seating parklet in Taylor need a special use license from the city manager. City Code § 25-202(a) lets the city manager grant…

Reserving a Taylor park pavilion for a private gathering runs through the parks and recreation fee schedule, with a refundable damage deposit plus a per-day rental fee, for example…

Taylor's fire code bars charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices, including propane grills, from operating on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible…

Taylor bans possessing or consuming alcohol in Heritage Square Park and Pierce Park under Sec. 19.5-4, unless the city manager first approves an event or special-use exception. The…

Taylor prohibits aggressive panhandling or soliciting on public streets, sidewalks or street medians citywide under City Code section 19-13, effective January 22, 2026. The ordinance…

Taylor bans riding a skateboard, roller skates, roller skis or other play vehicle on any sidewalk or street inside its defined business district under City Code section 19-62, and bars…

Taylor requires pedestrians to yield the right-of-way to vehicles whenever they cross a roadway outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk, under City Code § 17-243, and separately bars…

Posting a weatherproof 'NO SOLICITORS' card at least 3 by 4 inches near a Taylor home's front door legally bars any charitable or non-charitable solicitor from knocking, ringing the…

Anyone going door-to-door in Taylor for a home-solicitation sale must get a written permit from the police chief before soliciting, and charitable fundraisers must register with the…

Taylor's municipal parks open at 4:00 a.m. every day and close at 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, extending to midnight on Friday and Saturday. Entering or remaining in a park…

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…

Taylor's floodplain ordinance (Code of Ordinances Ch. 7) requires new construction and substantial improvements in a special flood hazard area to raise the lowest floor at least two…

Taylor runs a curbside recycling program billed on the city utility account under Appendix B's Fee Schedule for City Services, Sec. 11, with pickup every other week for a 95-gallon…

Taylor bundles garbage and trash service into the city utility bill under Sec. 11-27, and refuses to accept water or sewer payment without it, effectively making collection service…

Taylor makes it unlawful to cast, throw, deposit, place, sweep or dispose of trash, junk, garbage, refuse or other solid waste onto any public street, alley, sidewalk, city-owned lot…

Commercial, office, institutional, and multifamily properties in Taylor must screen their trash dumpsters from public streets behind a fence, wall, or plantings at least six feet tall…

Taylor picks up curbside recycling every other week for $5.77 per month for a single 95-gallon cart, with each additional cart billed at the same $5.77 rate, under the city's Solid…

A one-time bulky-item pickup outside normal trash service in Taylor is billed separately, with the exact charge set by the city's waste hauler before the pickup is scheduled. The fee…

Williamson County runs no municipal trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households contract a private subscription hauler directly. Under Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011, the…

Williamson County does not regulate where you store trash cans outside city limits; screening is HOA territory. But under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(2), cans and rubbish…

Taylor's noise ordinance singles out loading and unloading as its own violation: City Code section 19-4(b)(8) bans loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading any vehicle, or…

Taylor requires a muffler on every stationary generator and combustion engine operated in the city. City Code section 19-4(b)(5) bans discharging exhaust from a stationary internal…

Anyone who handles food or drink in a Taylor restaurant, grocery, bakery, or other food establishment must hold a valid food handler's registration certificate from the Williamson…

Taylor's nuisance code declares any condition that harbors rats, mice, or other vermin a public nuisance under Sec. 18-2(3), and the amended Property Maintenance Code Sec. 309.2…

Taylor requires a $750 annual license from the chief of police to operate a sexually oriented business and confines them to the M-2 industrial district under a special land use…

Taylor's Land Development Code does not name auto repair specifically, but Section 5.9.3.7's home-occupation rules bar visible storage of equipment, materials or vehicles with more…

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…

Vacant and unimproved lots in Taylor are not automatically held to the citywide 12-inch weed limit. Sec. 18-30 exempts any lot over five acres, or land actively farmed or grazed under…

A Taylor building counts as 'substandard' under Sec. 5-37 if weather damage, fire damage, or missing plumbing leaves it unable to protect occupants, and Sec. 5-38 immediately declares…

Landlords in Taylor must keep rented dwelling units at a minimum 68 degrees Fahrenheit in habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms under the amended Property Maintenance Code Sec…

Rent control does not exist in unincorporated Williamson County. Texas Local Government Code §214.902 bars any city or county from capping rent unless a declared disaster triggers an…

Texas has no just-cause eviction rule. A landlord in unincorporated Williamson County may end a tenancy without stating a reason. Property Code §24.005 requires only a three-day…

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 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…

Taylor caps garage sales at one per calendar quarter, running no more than two consecutive days and only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., under City Code section 19-9. The rule covers…

Taylor bans camping in any public area within the city limits under City Code section 19-10, adopted in January 2023. Officers can treat abandoned belongings left at a camp as trash…

Taylor bars sitting or lying down on a public sidewalk, street, alleyway or other property within the Downtown Overlay District once a person has already been warned by a law…

Taylor bars obstructing the path of travel on a city sidewalk or blocking pedestrian or vehicle access to abutting property under City Code section 19-14, effective January 22, 2026…

Property owners next to a Taylor street bear the maintenance burden for the right-of-way that fronts their land, including its sidewalk. City Code § 25-23.1(c) makes abutting…

Under Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code, private building frontages such as porches, galleries and arcades may extend into the public right-of-way only with a city-approved…

Taylor's landscape ordinance flatly bans introducing or continuing Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) anywhere Chapter 28's landscape rules apply. Section 28-33 outlaws invasive…

Taylor prohibits introducing or continuing invasive plant species anywhere covered by its landscaping ordinance, and lists the banned trees, shrubs, vines and other plants by common…

Taylor's invasive species rule bans planting or continuing Running Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) anywhere Chapter 28's landscape article applies, rather than allowing it under a setback…

Every hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or lodging operator in Taylor must collect a 7 percent occupancy tax on a guest's room charge under Sec. 27-68. The tax exempts permanent…

Taylor names eight groups of trees, Pecan, American Elm, Cedar Elm, Texas Ash, Southern Magnolia, Cottonwood, all Oaks, and all Maples except Boxelder and Silver Maple, as protected…

Property owners next to a Taylor street may plant and maintain trees in the parkway strip between the curb and sidewalk under Sec. 28-31(5)f, but they take on the job of keeping that…

Taylor requires cyclists on a roadway to ride as near the right side as practicable, using due care when passing a standing or same-direction vehicle, under City Code § 17-359. Riders…

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…

Taylor's Drought Contingency Plan treats an unrepaired controllable leak as a prohibited, non-essential water use once the city has given notice directing the repair. City Code § 29-87…

Anyone building or repairing utility, water, sewer or telecom facilities in a Taylor right-of-way must install erosion control before excavation starts. City Code § 25-23.1(a)(4)…

New homes in Taylor's flood hazard areas must sit at least two feet above the base flood elevation, a full two feet of freeboard above what FEMA's maps require. City Code Sec. 7-82…

Every parcel in Taylor's drainage service area pays a monthly drainage utility fee based on impervious surface. One ERU, one billing unit, equals about 2,500 square feet of impervious…

Any development in a Taylor flood hazard area needs a floodplain development permit before work starts, under Sec. 7-42. Encroachments into the mapped regulatory floodway, fill, new…

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…

Taylor requires every mobile food vendor to carry two permits before selling from a truck or cart: a solicitor's permit and a health permit. City Code § 20-10(c) makes both mandatory…

Taylor limits mobile food vending to residential streets with fewer than four marked traffic lanes and bars it from city parks altogether. City Code § 20-10(b) sets that location rule…

Taylor charges a flat $25-per-day Film Application Fee before any commercial filming on public property, then bills a location-use charge on top: $500 per day for total or disruptive…

Shutting down a public street or right-of-way for filming in Taylor costs $50 per day for a total closure and $25 per day for a partial closure or obstruction, including any closed…

Taylor taxes and licenses every skill or pleasure coin-operated machine, the broad category covering arcade, marble and pinball-style amusement devices such as eight-liners, under…

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 §…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps building lot coverage by place type instead of a single citywide number. Nature (P1) lots carry no coverage limit at all, Rural and Large Lot…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps buildings in the P3 Neighborhood place type, the city's standard residential district, at three stories, and Section 5.3.2.1 limits every story…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code replaces traditional front-yard setbacks with a 'build-to-line' range that varies by place type. Rural and Large Lot districts (P2, P2C, P2.5)…

Installing solar panels in Taylor requires an electrical permit, billed at a flat $145.00 fee plus a $15.00 technology fee under the city's Development Services fee schedule. The same…

Texas law bars a property owners' association from prohibiting solar energy devices. Williamson County HOAs like Sun City and Cimarron Hills may set reasonable placement conditions but…

Taylor's Historic Preservation Commission can formally recognize the owners of designated historic landmarks and historic-district properties through certificates, plaques, or markers…

Taylor's Land Development Code flatly prohibits animated or changeable electronic variable message signs anywhere inside the city limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Because…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code bans any new off-premises billboard carrying commercial advertising and bars pole signs everywhere except along Highway 79 and North Main Street…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps window signage at 30 percent of a storefront window's area, measured by the smallest rectangle enclosing all letters, logos, and background…

Williamson County has no ordinance regulating holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas: those fall to HOA deed restrictions. Property Code §202.018 blocks…

Political signs are protected on private property in unincorporated Williamson County. The county has no sign ordinance, and Election Code §259.003 blocks any local sign rule that…

Garage-sale signs face no county rule on your own property in unincorporated Williamson County: the county has no sign ordinance. But Transportation Code §393.002 makes it illegal to…

Taylor's Main Street Advisory Board, created by city ordinance, reviews and recommends city building-inspection action on any exterior alteration to buildings inside the main street…

Taylor's Land Development Code bars outdoor lighting from causing light trespass or nuisance onto a neighboring property, a rule that survives even the ten-year grace period the Code…

Taylor's Land Development Code defines "lighting" broadly enough to expressly include billboard illumination, so off-premises advertising sign lights fall under the same…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code devotes Section 5.7 to protecting the city's dark skies, and it is an offense to install outdoor lighting that violates the article or that pushes…

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Williamson County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only lawful outlets are licensed low-THC medical dispensers under the…

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Williamson County. Possessing usable marijuana is a crime under Health and Safety Code Section…

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…

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…

Under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, unpaid assessments become a lien (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0094), but a Texas HOA may not foreclose that lien without first…

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…

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…

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…