Removal of License Plates; Inventory

Sec. 2302.252. REMOVAL OF LICENSE PLATES; INVENTORY. (a) Immediately on receipt of a motor vehicle, a salvage vehicle dealer shall remove any unexpired license plates from the vehicle and place the license plates in a secure, locked place. (b) A salvage vehicle dealer shall maintain on a form provided by the department an inventory of unexpired license plates removed under Subsection (a). The inventory must include: (1) each license plate number; (2) the make of the motor vehicle from which the license plate was removed; (3) the motor number of that vehicle; and (4) the vehicle identification number of that vehicle. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003.