Texas designates no heritage trees, and Guadalupe County keeps no protected-tree registry. Notable trees gain protection only inside cities that shield large or heritage oaks through their development codes.
There is no state heritage-tree law and no Guadalupe County program designating specimen or landmark trees, so a large or historic oak on unincorporated land carries no special legal status and no removal permit. Protection comes only from a city. Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo can single out larger heritage or protected trees in their development codes and require special review or higher mitigation to remove them, especially mature live oaks. Even there, Texas Local Government Code Section 212.905 keeps mitigation fees offsettable by planting credits. A prized oak's real threat in this region is oak wilt, not regulation.
No penalty for removing a large tree on unincorporated land, since none is legally protected. Inside a city, removing a designated heritage or protected tree without approval brings fines and elevated mitigation-planting requirements.
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