Tex. Transp. Code § 643.052 · Subchapter B. REGISTRATION
APPLICATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To register under this subchapter a motor carrier must submit to the department an application on a form prescribed by the department. The application must include:
(1) the name of the owner and the principal business address of the motor carrier;
(2) the name and address of the legal agent for service of process on the carrier in this state, if different;
(3) a description of each vehicle requiring registration the carrier proposes to operate, including the motor vehicle identification number, make, and unit number;
(4) a statement as to whether the carrier proposes to transport household goods or a hazardous material;
(5) a declaration that the applicant has knowledge of all laws and rules relating to motor carrier safety, including this chapter, Chapter 644, and Subtitle C;
(6) a certification that the carrier is in compliance with the drug testing requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 382, and if the carrier belongs to a consortium, as defined by 49 C.F.R. Part 382, the names of the persons operating the consortium;
(7) a valid identification number issued to the motor carrier by or under the authority of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or its successor; and
(8) any other information the department by rule determines is necessary for the safe operation of a motor carrier under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.150(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 991, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 919 (H.B. 2985), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.
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.643.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 643.053FILING OF APPLICATION.Printed as Section 643.052
- Tex. Transp. Code § 643.054DEPARTMENT APPROVAL AND DENIAL; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.Printed as Sections 643.052 and 643.053
- Tex. Transp. Code § 643.063VEHICLES OPERATED UNDER SHORT-TERM LEASE AND SUBSTITUTE VEHICLES.Printed as Sections 643.052-643.059
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