Tex. Transp. Code § 601.332 · Subchapter K. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOWING JUDGMENT, CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OR FOLLOWING SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION
SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR NONRESIDENT'S OPERATING PRIVILEGE FOR UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336, on receipt of a certified copy of a judgment under Section 601.331, the department shall suspend the judgment debtor's:
(1) driver's license and vehicle registrations; or
(2) nonresident's operating privilege.
(b) Subject to Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336, the suspension continues, and the person's driver's license, vehicle registrations, or nonresident's operating privilege may not be renewed or the person issued a driver's license or registration in the person's name, until:
(1) the judgment is stayed or satisfied; and
(2) the person provides evidence of financial responsibility.
(c) A person whose license is suspended under Subsection (a) is eligible for an occupational driver's license under Subchapter L, Chapter 521.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.331REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT.Printed as Section 601.331
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.333RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE.Printed as Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.334RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: CONSENT OF JUDGMENT CREDITOR.Printed as Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.336RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; DEFAULT.Printed as Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 601.332. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.333RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE.Printed as Section 601.332
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.334RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: CONSENT OF JUDGMENT CREDITOR.Printed as Section 601.332
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.336RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; DEFAULT.Printed as Section 601.332
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.375COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE OR CANADA.Printed as Sections 601.332, 601.333, and 601.334
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