The Texas Pesticide Law requires that you must be licensed or certified by TDA in order to lawfully use a restricted-use pesticide, state-limited-use pesticide or regulated herbicides.

Applicators who want to apply pesticides (regardless of classification) to plants, trees, shrubs, grass or other horticultural plants for hire must be licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Click HERE for more information.

Types of Agricultural Licenses (click here for definitions):

• Private Applicator
  • How to Obtain a Private Applicator License
• Commercial Applicator
• Noncommercial Applicator
• Noncommercial Political Subdivision Applicator
  • How to Obtain a Commercial/Noncommercial/Noncommercial Political Applicator License
• Private Applicator Certificate

Requirements:

• Agricultural applicators must keep records of pesticide applications for two years.
• Commercial agricultural applicators must have insurance if applying a restricted-use pesticide, state-limited-use pesticide, or regulated herbicide.
• All applicators must obtain continuing education units (CEUs) to renew their license. CEU requirements can be found HERE

For a list of currently licensed agricultural applicators, go to the pesticide applicators publications page.

Click HERE to access the new online eApply site to submit Commercial, Non-Commercial, and Non-Commercial Political Applications. The Private Applicator Application is not available online and must be mailed to:
Texas Department of Agriculture
PO Box 12076
Austin, TX 78711