Tex. Transp. Code § 601.083 · Subchapter D. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE
CERTIFICATE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may provide evidence of financial responsibility by filing with the department the certificate of an insurance company authorized to write motor vehicle liability insurance in this state certifying that a motor vehicle liability insurance policy for the benefit of the person required to provide evidence of financial responsibility is in effect.
(b) The certificate must state the effective date of the policy, which must be the same date as the effective date of the certificate.
(c) The certificate must cover each motor vehicle owned by the person required to provide the evidence of financial responsibility, unless the policy is issued to a person who does not own a motor vehicle.
(d) A motor vehicle may not be registered in the name of a person required to provide evidence of financial responsibility unless the vehicle is covered by a certificate.
(e) If a person files a certificate of insurance to establish financial responsibility under Section 601.153, the certificate must state that the requirements of Section 601.153(b) are satisfied.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.071MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 601.083
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.082MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE; CERTIFICATION.Printed as Section 601.083 or 601.084
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.085TERMINATION OF CERTIFIED POLICY.Printed as Section 601.083 or 601.084
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