Tex. Transp. Code § 683.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(2) "Garagekeeper" means an owner or operator of a storage facility.
(3) "Law enforcement agency" means:
(A) the Department of Public Safety;
(B) the police department of a municipality;
(C) the police department of an institution of higher education; or
(D) a sheriff or a constable.
(4) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is subject to registration under Chapter 501.
(5) "Motor vehicle demolisher" means a person in the business of:
(A) converting motor vehicles into processed scrap or scrap metal; or
(B) wrecking or dismantling motor vehicles.
(6) "Outboard motor" means an outboard motor subject to registration under Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code.
(7) "Storage facility" includes a garage, parking lot, or establishment for the servicing, repairing, or parking of motor vehicles.
(8) "Watercraft" means a vessel subject to registration under Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code.
(9) "Abandoned nuisance vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is at least 10 years old and is of a condition only to be junked, crushed, or dismantled.
(10) "Vehicle storage facility" means a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2303.002, Occupations Code, that is operated by a person who holds a license issued under Chapter 2303 of that code to operate that vehicle storage facility.
(11) "Aircraft" has the meaning assigned by Section 24.001.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1034, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3097), Sec. 2R.01, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.683.htm
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