Tex. Transp. Code § 503.070 · Subchapter C. LICENSE PLATES
REMOVAL OF OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE PLATES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A dealer who purchases a vehicle that displays an out-of-state license plate must remove the plate within a reasonable time.
(b) A dealer who purchases a vehicle for resale may not operate the vehicle on a public street or highway in this state while the vehicle displays an out-of-state license plate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 82fb7a629a6505e9018ca548a326f76d16195741304693b274e05c88d96ac3fb
- 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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