Tex. Transp. Code § 502.048 · Subchapter B. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
REFUSAL TO REGISTER UNSAFE VEHICLE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department may refuse to register a motor vehicle and may cancel, suspend, or revoke a registration if the department determines that a motor vehicle is unsafe, improperly equipped, or otherwise unfit to be operated on a public highway.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.005 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 86, eff. January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.502.htm
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- sha256 009501c2fef934146069cf0a854b8db04dfb5e521bb16c7fd981e6147d8f4a9c
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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