Tex. Transp. Code § 501.09111 · Subchapter E. NONREPAIRABLE AND SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLES
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF NONREPAIRABLE VEHICLE TITLE, NONREPAIRABLE RECORD OF TITLE, SALVAGE VEHICLE TITLE, OR SALVAGE RECORD OF TITLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who owns a nonrepairable motor vehicle:
(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, record a lien as provided for in Section 501.097(a)(3)(A), and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and
(2) may not:
(A) operate or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law;
(B) repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle; or
(C) register the motor vehicle.
(b) A person who holds a nonrepairable certificate of title issued prior to September 1, 2003, is entitled to the same rights listed in Subsection (a) and may repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle.
(c) A person who owns a salvage motor vehicle:
(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, repair, rebuild, reconstruct, record a lien on, and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and
(2) may not operate, register, or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 501.098 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 37, eff. January 1, 2012.
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