Tex. Transp. Code § 503.061 · Subchapter C. LICENSE PLATES
DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Instead of registering under Chapter 502 a vehicle that the dealer owns, operates, or permits to be operated on a public street or highway, the dealer may apply for, receive, and attach dealer's license plates to the vehicle if it is the type of vehicle:
(1) that the dealer sells; and
(2) for which the dealer has been issued a general distinguishing number.
(b) The board may adopt rules regulating the issuance and use of a license plate issued pursuant to the terms of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718), Sec. 12, eff. July 1, 2025.
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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- sha256 7ec46f834a8d384cfc664464269405b037ce3f920b5911a6e1b2be9320789195
- 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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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.008FEES FOR LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Section 503.061
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.066APPLICATION FOR DEALER'S OR MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Section 503.061, 503.062, or 503.064
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.068LIMITATION ON USE OF DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Section 503.061
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