Tex. Transp. Code § 601.195 · Subchapter G. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR OTHERWISE ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CRIMINAL PENALTIES
OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K;
(2) does not maintain evidence of financial responsibility; and
(3) during the period evidence of financial responsibility must be maintained:
(A) operates on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person; or
(B) knowingly permits another person, who is not otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle under this chapter, to operate on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $500;
(2) confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed six months; or
(3) both the fine and the confinement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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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.601.htm
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