Tex. Transp. Code § 501.104 · Subchapter E. NONREPAIRABLE AND SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLES
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to a person engaged in repairing, rebuilding, or reconstructing more than five motor vehicles, regardless of whether the person is licensed to engage in that business.
(b) A person described by Subsection (a) must possess:
(1) an acceptable ownership document or proof of ownership for any motor vehicle that is:
(A) owned by the person;
(B) in the person's inventory; and
(C) being offered for resale; or
(2) a contract entered into with the owner, a work order, or another document that shows the authority for the person to possess any motor vehicle that is:
(A) owned by another person;
(B) on the person's business or casual premises; and
(C) being repaired, rebuilt, or reconstructed for the other person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.43(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Transportation Code, Sec. 501.0929 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 17.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 47, eff. January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm
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