Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
lioaorabla C. 2. Pettersan
County AttQm%y
Brawater CQUBty
, Plplne , Texas
da aa follovs I DP1ea6e advise n hm the right if anythiag other As. en example, ch a person oad tretiQQ card.” aaceF teln 1 Commlsalon, end its depu- to as “gag! vardelu” me exa8 aad a8 much
the lau duty to %nforce the rtat- otectloa and prerervatlota of .” nrticle 906, veraon’a An- cases of vi?latlons as the sheriff. the theta ia “mg arest without a varrent cay poreon found by [3] 4 PrtlcleS end 905, V.A.P.C. the ane of % 18~s vlth tha seem authorltg Also, they act af violatiag any of the levs for the grotootlm end pope- Eation of ~UII~, wild birds or Slsh. . . . rftlcle 905, pa nay search a *game bag zurthermoy3, a werdeo V.F.P.C. aed amy b-y, uagon, automobile, or or other raaegtacle vithout a. warrant v&tell he ‘hae rcasm to 8un- vehlclc other pcct m thet lt “may coatetn &em unlawfully killed ar taken, * *2 aonorable C. 3. Bitterson, page 2 d97 and 9234, V.A.P.C. 6 game varden Furthermore,
Articleb la espouered to “enter upon my leads or veter where vlld game OT fish era knovu to reuge or strex fop the purpose of enforcing the game sad fish laws of this State. . . .*
We are not reeking to enumerate all enforcement povera of the Geme, Fish Q Oystar CoPsnlseloa UQ~ its deputlee but It 18 sufficient to eey that they me numerou8 cud a8 a prQpOSitiOl%, UC thiQk the 0ffiCie.l SCtS Of eUCh Of- 8SWWk1 or be directed the enforcement of rust aoncern ficers toverd the gme end f lsh leve. Us fell to find aar authority for eecnch by gem verden unlesn la mcme vay portiasot to it is the lewe he its charged with enforcing. Thus, we do not see vhet right 8 ~SJES warden would have to seerch a pereon sole- ly for the purpose of aecerteletrrg if he poraeseed a draft, card where no gene law violetlon op suspected violation uas 1 nvolved . Bovever, ve do uot vfrh to be underetodd es hold- ing that the search of a person and the eraminathx of h~.s pareor. affectr by a game warden vould in no event be verrant- eil by Iev. Xt is a Veu reaogaLted prlnolple of law in Texer that where a pemaon has beeo legeilp arrested, a ranch of his person ecd psreonel effect8 without a warrem ia permitted 8s an 1acLdeat of the arrest. 3ae 4 Texas Jurisprudence 7901 51 A.L.B. 424; Havlep v. State, 2% S.U. 556; Rutherford v. State, 121 9.W. (ad) 342,ar MerrLck v. Atate, 167 S.Y. (26) 743. is QUQ elncere hope that this op%nion vlll prove It tQ be Of #ORW SSS%S64%UCS tQ gOU.
Yerp truly yours BY EP :db
