Tex. Transp. Code § 503.065 · Subchapter C. LICENSE PLATES
BUYER'S OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE PLATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may issue or cause to be issued to a person a temporary metal license plate authorizing the person to operate a new unregistered vehicle on a public highway of this state if the person:
(1) buys the vehicle from a dealer outside this state and intends to drive the vehicle from the dealer's place of business; or
(2) buys the vehicle from a dealer in this state but intends to drive the vehicle from the manufacturer's place of business outside this state.
(b) The department may not issue a license plate under this section to a manufacturer or dealer of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer or to a representative of such a dealer.
(c) A person may not use a license plate issued under this section on a vehicle transporting property.
(d) A license plate issued under this section expires on the 60th day after the date on which it is issued. The department shall place or cause to be placed on the license plate at the time of issuance the date of expiration and the type of vehicle for which the license plate is issued.
(e) The fee for a license plate issued under this section is $3. Only one license plate may be issued for each vehicle.
(f) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (S.B. 1235), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718), Sec. 20, 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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- 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
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 503.065. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.0631DATABASE OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Section 503.063 or 503.065
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.0633DEPARTMENT REGULATION OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES AND ACCESS TO DATABASE OF DEALER-ISSUED LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Sections 503.063 and 503.065
- Tex. Transp. Code § 503.068LIMITATION ON USE OF DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES.Printed as Section 503.063 or 503.065
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