Tex. Transp. Code § 548.257 · Subchapter E. ISSUANCE OF VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORTS; SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO DEPARTMENT DATABASE
TIMING OF INSPECTION FOR REGISTRATION-BASED ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department shall require a vehicle required to be inspected under this chapter to pass the required inspection:
(1) for initial registration, not earlier than 90 days before the date of registration;
(2) for a renewal of registration, not earlier than 90 days before the date of expiration of the vehicle's registration;
(3) if the vehicle is a used motor vehicle sold by a dealer, as defined by Section 503.001, in the 180 days preceding the date the dealer sells the vehicle; or
(4) if the vehicle is subject to the federal motor carrier safety regulations, in a period that complies with those regulations.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (H.B. 3297), Sec. 17, eff. January 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.548.htm
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