Tex. Transp. Code § 503.039 · Subchapter B. GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER
PUBLIC MOTOR VEHICLE AUCTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A motor vehicle may not be the subject of a subsequent sale at a public auction by a holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number unless equitable or legal title has passed to the selling dealer before the transfer of title to the subsequent buyer.
(b) The holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number who sells a motor vehicle at a public auction must transfer the certificate of title for that vehicle to the buyer before the 21st day after the date of the sale.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 2495), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.503.htm
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- 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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