SETTING OF BOOBY-TRAPS.
Dallas City Code § 31-2
in effectSEC. 31-2. SETTING OF BOOBY-TRAPS.
(a) A person commits an offense if he installs upon premises, a trap or device of any kind, designed to do bodily harm to a person entering into or upon the premises.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the device is a tear gas device installed on a safe, vault, cabinet, or vending machine, which is activated only when the equipment is wrongfully opened. (Ord. 14971)
Source: City of Dallas, Dallas City Code and City Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/dallas/latest/dallas_tx/0-0-0-114167Fetched: 10/26/2026
