Tex. Transp. Code § 503.005 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NOTICE OF SALE OR TRANSFER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A manufacturer or dealer shall immediately notify the department if the manufacturer or dealer transfers, including by sale or lease, a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to a person other than a manufacturer or dealer.
(b) The notice must be in writing using the form provided by the department and must include:
(1) the date of the transfer;
(2) the names and addresses of the transferrer and transferee; and
(3) a description of the vehicle.
(c) A dealer who submits information to the database under Section 503.0631 satisfies the requirement for the dealer to notify the department of the sale or transfer of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer under this section.
(d) The notice required under this section is in addition to the application for vehicle registration and certificate of title a dealer is required to submit under Section 501.0234.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 8.01, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1336 (S.B. 1786), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.503.htm
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