Tex. Transp. Code § 550.068 · Subchapter D. WRITTEN COLLISION REPORT
CHANGING COLLISION REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a change in or a modification of a written report of a motor vehicle collision prepared by a peace officer that alters a material fact in the report may be made only by the peace officer who prepared the report.
(b) A change in or a modification of the written report of the collision may be made by a person other than the peace officer if:
(1) the change is made by a written supplement to the report; and
(2) the written supplement clearly indicates the name of the person who originated the change.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 214, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 60, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.550.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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