Tex. Transp. Code § 501.108 · Subchapter E. NONREPAIRABLE AND SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLES
RECORD RETENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each licensed salvage vehicle dealer, used automotive parts recycler, or insurance company that sells a nonrepairable motor vehicle or a salvage motor vehicle at a casual sale shall keep on the business premises of the dealer or the insurance company a list of all casual sales made during the preceding 36-month period that contains:
(1) the date of the sale;
(2) the name of the purchaser;
(3) the name of the jurisdiction that issued the identification document provided by the purchaser, as shown on the document; and
(4) the vehicle identification number.
(b) A salvage vehicle dealer or used automotive parts recycler shall keep on the business premises of the dealer or recycler, until the third anniversary of the date the report on the motor vehicle is submitted to the department, a record of the vehicle, its ownership, and its condition as dismantled, scrapped, or destroyed as required by Section 501.1003.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 501.105 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 48, eff. January 1, 2012.
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