Tex. Transp. Code § 601.295 · Subchapter J. IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE NOT REGISTERED IN THIS STATE
DURATION OF IMPOUNDMENT; RELEASE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A motor vehicle impounded under Section 601.294 remains impounded until the owner, operator, or person authorized by the owner presents to the person authorized to release the vehicle:
(1) a certificate of release obtained from the department; and
(2) payment for the cost of impoundment.
(b) On presentation of the items described by Subsection (a), the person authorized to release an impounded motor vehicle shall release the vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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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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