Tex. Transp. Code § 683.051 · Subchapter D. DEMOLITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may apply to the department for authority:
(1) to sell, give away, or dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
(A) the person is the recorded owner or has been transferred ownership of the motor vehicle; or
(B) the vehicle is an abandoned motor vehicle and is:
(i) in the possession of the person; or
(ii) located on property owned by the person; or
(2) to dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
(A) the motor vehicle is in the possession of a lienholder under:
(i) Chapter 54, 59, or 70, Property Code; or
(ii) Chapter 2303, Occupations Code;
(B) the lienholder has complied with all notification requirements of the applicable chapter to foreclose on the lien; and
(C) the lienholder determines:
(i) the motor vehicle's only residual value is as a source of parts or scrap metal; or
(ii) it is not economical to dispose of the vehicle at a public sale.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 48, eff. March 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1061 (H.B. 3131), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.683.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 683.003CONFLICT OF LAWS; EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.Printed as Sections 683.051-683.055
- Tex. Transp. Code § 683.052CONTENTS OF APPLICATION; APPLICATION FEE.Printed as Section 683.051 | Section 683.051(1)(A) | Section 683.051(2) | Section 683.051(2)(A) | Section 683.051(2)(B)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 683.053DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE.Printed as Section 683.051(1)(A) | Section 683.051(1)(B)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 683.054CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF VEHICLE.Printed as Section 683.051
- Tex. Transp. Code § 683.055RULES AND FORMS.Printed as Sections 683.051-683.054
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