Tex. Transp. Code § 683.056 · Subchapter D. DEMOLITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
DEMOLISHER'S DUTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A motor vehicle demolisher who acquires a motor vehicle for dismantling or demolishing shall obtain from the person delivering the vehicle:
(1) the motor vehicle's certificate of title;
(2) a sales receipt for the motor vehicle;
(3) a transfer document for the vehicle as provided by Subchapter B or Subchapter E; or
(4) a certificate of authority for the disposal of the motor vehicle.
(b) A demolisher is not required to obtain a certificate of title for the vehicle in the demolisher's name.
(c) On the department's demand, the demolisher shall surrender for cancellation the certificate of title or certificate of authority.
(d) The department shall adopt rules and forms necessary to regulate the surrender of auction sales receipts and certificates of title.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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.683.htm
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