Tex. Transp. Code § 503.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Board" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.
(2) "Commission" means the board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(3) "Converter" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.
(4) "Dealer" means a person who regularly and actively buys, sells, or exchanges vehicles at an established and permanent location. The term includes a franchised motor vehicle dealer, an independent motor vehicle dealer, an independent mobility motor vehicle dealer, and a wholesale motor vehicle dealer.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(6) "Drive-a-way operator" means a person who transports and delivers a vehicle in this state from the manufacturer or another point of origin to a location in this state using the vehicle's own power or using the full-mount method, the saddle-mount method, the tow-bar method, or a combination of those methods.
(7) "Franchise" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301, Occupations Code.
(8) "Franchised motor vehicle dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new motor vehicles at an established and permanent place of business under a franchise in effect with a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor.
(8-a) "Independent mobility motor vehicle dealer" has the meaning assigned by Section 2301.002, Occupations Code.
(9) "Independent motor vehicle dealer" means a dealer other than a franchised motor vehicle dealer, an independent mobility motor vehicle dealer, or a wholesale motor vehicle dealer.
(10) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures, distributes, or assembles new vehicles.
(11) "Motorcycle" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001.
(12) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001.
(13) "Semitrailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001.
(14) "Trailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001.
(15) "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle, motorcycle, house trailer, trailer, or semitrailer.
(16) "Wholesale motor vehicle auction" means the offering of a motor vehicle for sale to the highest bidder during a transaction that is one of a series of regular periodic transactions that occur at a permanent location.
(17) "Wholesale motor vehicle dealer" means a dealer who sells motor vehicles only to a person who is:
(A) the holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number; or
(B) a foreign dealer authorized by a law of this state or interstate reciprocity agreement to purchase a vehicle in this state without remitting the motor vehicle sales tax.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.69(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3, eff. May 14, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.828, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 2216), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3097), Sec. 2F.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.503.htm
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Tax Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 152.047COLLECTION OF TAX ON SELLER-FINANCED SALE.Printed as Section 503.001, Transportation Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 152.0475REGISTRATION OF RELATED FINANCE COMPANY.Printed as Section 503.001, Transportation Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 152.081DRIVER TRAINING MOTOR VEHICLES.Printed as Section 503.001, Transportation Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 152.104FAILURE TO REMIT TAX COLLECTED.Printed as Section 503.001, Transportation Code
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