Tex. Occ. Code § 2301.610 · Subchapter M. WARRANTIES: RIGHTS OF VEHICLE OWNERS
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A manufacturer, distributor, or converter that has been ordered to repurchase or replace a vehicle shall, through its franchised dealer, issue a disclosure statement stating that the vehicle was repurchased or replaced by the manufacturer, distributor, or converter under this subchapter. The statement must accompany the vehicle through the first retail purchase following the issuance of the statement and must include the toll-free telephone number described by Subsection (d) that will enable the purchaser to obtain information about the condition or defect that was the basis of the order for repurchase or replacement.
(b) The manufacturer, distributor, or converter must restore the cause of the repurchase or replacement to factory specifications and issue a new 12-month, 12,000-mile warranty on the vehicle.
(c) The board shall adopt rules for the enforcement of this section.
(d) The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information to a person who requests information about a condition or defect that was the basis for repurchase or replacement by an order issued under this subchapter. The department shall maintain an effective method of providing information to a person who makes a request.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1379 (H.B. 1692), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 14.002, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 354 (H.B. 2070), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2301.htm
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