Unincorporated Guadalupe County requires no tree-removal permit, and Texas has no tree-protection law. Permits apply only inside cities like Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo, and even those are capped by state mitigation-credit rules.
There is no county tree-removal permit in Guadalupe County and no Texas statute protecting private trees, so on unincorporated land a homeowner may remove trees without approval. Permit-style controls exist only inside the cities, where development codes require approval to remove trees above a set trunk diameter and may charge mitigation. Texas Local Government Code Section 212.905 limits that power: a city that imposes a tree-mitigation fee must allow the owner to offset it with credits for planting. Street and right-of-way trees are city-managed. Removing an oak, in city or county, should follow oak-wilt timing.
No penalty for removing your own trees on unincorporated land. Inside a city, unauthorized removal of a protected tree brings fines and required mitigation planting; removing a public street tree brings restitution to the city.
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