Tex. Est. Code § 115.001 · Chapter 115. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Beneficiary designation" means the designation by an owner of a motor vehicle of a beneficiary of the vehicle as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
(2) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated as a beneficiary of an owner's interest in a motor vehicle under Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.
(3) "Joint owner with right of survivorship" or "joint owner" means a person who owns a motor vehicle concurrently with one or more other persons with a right of survivorship. The term does not include an owner of community property with or without a right of survivorship.
(4) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.002, Transportation Code.
(5) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 586 (S.B. 869), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.115.htm
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