Tex. Transp. Code § 501.156 · Subchapter H. PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
DUTY OF TRANSPORTERS TO DETERMINE RIGHT OF POSSESSION; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The master or captain of a ship or airplane or a person who owns or controls the operation of a ship or airplane, in whole or part:
(1) may not take on board or allow to be taken on board the ship or airplane in this state for transport a motor vehicle without inquiring of the motor vehicle titles and registration division of the department as to the recorded ownership of the motor vehicle; and
(2) must make a reasonable inquiry as to the right of possession of a motor vehicle by the person delivering the vehicle for transport if the recorded owner of the vehicle is a person other than the person delivering the vehicle for transport.
(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500 for a first offense and, at the jury's discretion, not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for a subsequent offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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