Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 601.167. RETURN OF CASH SECURITY. Cash security or any balance of the security shall be returned to the depositor or the depositor's personal representative when: (1) evidence satisfactory to the department is filed with the department that there has been: (A) a release of l…

Sec. 601.168. INSURANCE POLICY OR BOND; LIMITS. (a) A bond or motor vehicle liability insurance policy under this subchapter must: (1) be issued by a surety company or insurance company: (A) authorized to write motor vehicle liability insurance in this state; or (B) that complies…

Sec. 601.169. REASONABLE PROBABILITY NOT ADMISSIBLE IN CIVIL SUIT. A determination under Section 601.154 or 601.157 that there is a reasonable probability that a judgment will be rendered against a person as a result of a collision may not be introduced in evidence in a suit for …

Sec. 601.170. DEPARTMENT ACTING ON ERRONEOUS INFORMATION. If the department is given erroneous information relating to a matter covered by Section 601.151(b)(1) or (b)(2) or to a person's status as an employee of the United States acting within the scope of the person's employmen…

Sec. 601.191. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENT; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a motor vehicle in violation of Section 601.051. (b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an offense u…

Sec. 601.193. DEFENSE: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN EFFECT AT TIME OF ALLEGED OFFENSE. (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 601.191 or 601.195 that the person charged produces to the court one of the documents listed in Section 601.053(a) that was valid at the time tha…

Sec. 601.194. DEFENSE: POSSESSION OF MOTOR VEHICLE FOR MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR. It is a defense to prosecution of an offense under Section 601.191 that the motor vehicle operated by the person charged: (1) was in the possession of that person for the sole purpose of maintenance or …

Sec. 601.195. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K; (2) does not maintain evidence of fin…

Sec. 601.231. SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 601.191 and a prior conviction of that person under that section has been reported to the department by a magistrate or the judge or clerk of a court, the department shall suspe…

Sec. 601.232. NOTICE OF SUSPENSION. (a) The department shall send in a timely manner a notice to each person whose driver's license is suspended under Section 601.231. (b) The notice must state that the person's driver's license is suspended and that the person may apply for rein…

Sec. 601.233. NOTICE OF POTENTIAL SUSPENSION. (a) A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than other type on the citation, the following statement: "A second or subsequent conviction of an offense under th…

Sec. 601.234. ISSUANCE OR CONTINUATION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION. A motor vehicle may not be registered in the name of a person required to file evidence of financial responsibility unless evidence of financial responsibility is furnished for the vehicle. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. …

Sec. 601.261. IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE. On a second or subsequent conviction for an offense under Section 601.191, the court shall order the sheriff of the county in which the court has jurisdiction to impound the motor vehicle operated by the defendant at the time of the off…

Sec. 601.262. DURATION OF IMPOUNDMENT. (a) The duration of an impoundment under Section 601.261 is 180 days. (b) The court may not order the release of the vehicle unless the defendant applies to the court for the vehicle's release and provides evidence of financial responsibilit…

Sec. 601.263. REIMBURSEMENT FEE FOR IMPOUNDMENT. The court shall impose against the defendant a reimbursement fee of $15 a day for each day of impoundment of the defendant's vehicle. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S.…

Sec. 601.264. PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. Impoundment of a motor vehicle under this subchapter is in addition to any other punishment imposed under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 601.265. TRANSFER OF TITLE OF IMPOUNDED MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) To transfer title to a motor vehicle impounded under Section 601.261, the owner must apply to the court for permission. (b) If the court finds that the transfer is being made in good faith and is not being made to ci…

Sec. 601.266. RELEASE ON INVOLUNTARY TRANSFER OF TITLE OF IMPOUNDED MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) Notwithstanding Section 601.262, the court shall order the release of a motor vehicle impounded under Section 601.261 if, while the vehicle is impounded, title to the vehicle is transferred by:…

Sec. 601.267. RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED MOTOR VEHICLE BY SHERIFF. A sheriff who impounds a motor vehicle shall release the vehicle: (1) on presentation of an order of release from the court and payment of the fee for the impoundment by the defendant or a person authorized by the owner…

Sec. 601.291. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to the owner or operator of a motor vehicle that: (1) is not registered in this state; and (2) is involved in a motor vehicle collision in this state that results in bodily injury, death, or damage to the pro…

Sec. 601.292. DUTY TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO INVESTIGATING OFFICER. A person to whom this subchapter applies shall provide evidence of financial responsibility to a law enforcement officer of this state or a political subdivision of this state who is cond…

Sec. 601.293. FAILURE TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; MAGISTRATE'S INQUIRY AND ORDER. (a) A person to whom this subchapter applies who fails to provide evidence under Section 601.292 shall be taken before a magistrate as soon as practicable. (b) The magistrate sh…

Sec. 601.294. IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE. If a person to whom this subchapter applies does not provide evidence required under Section 601.293(c), the magistrate shall enter an order directing the sheriff of the county or the chief of police of the municipality to impound the m…

Sec. 601.295. DURATION OF IMPOUNDMENT; RELEASE. (a) A motor vehicle impounded under Section 601.294 remains impounded until the owner, operator, or person authorized by the owner presents to the person authorized to release the vehicle: (1) a certificate of release obtained from …

Sec. 601.296. CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE. (a) The department shall issue a certificate of release of an impounded motor vehicle to the owner, operator, or person authorized by the owner on submission to the department of: (1) evidence of financial responsibility under Section 601.053…

Sec. 601.297. LIABILITY FOR COST OF IMPOUNDMENT. The owner of an impounded vehicle is liable for the costs of the impoundment. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. SUBCHAPTER K. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOWING JUDGMENT, CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FO…

Sec. 601.331. REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT. (a) If a person does not satisfy a judgment before the 61st day after the date of the judgment, the clerk of the court, on the written request of a judgment creditor or a judgmen…

Sec. 601.332. SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR NONRESIDENT'S OPERATING PRIVILEGE FOR UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT. (a) Except as provided by Sections 601.333, 601.334, and 601.336, on receipt of a certified copy of a judgment under Section 601.331, the departmen…

Sec. 601.333. RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE. (a) A person whose driver's license, vehicle registrations, or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or is subject to suspension under Section 601.332 may file with the department: (1) evidenc…

Sec. 601.334. RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: CONSENT OF JUDGMENT CREDITOR. (a) The department may allow a judgment debtor's driver's license and vehicle registrations or nonresident's operating privilege to continue, notwithstanding Section 601.332, if: (1) the judgment creditor consent…

Sec. 601.335. INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED. (a) A judgment debtor, on notice to the judgment creditor, may apply to the court in which judgment was rendered to pay the judgment in installments. (b) The court may order payment in installments and may establish the amounts and t…

Sec. 601.336. RELIEF FROM SUSPENSION: INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS; DEFAULT. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), the department may not suspend a judgment debtor's driver's license, vehicle registration, or nonresident's operating privilege under Section 601.332 if the judgment debtor: (1) fi…

Sec. 601.337. EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY. A discharge in bankruptcy after a judgment is rendered relieves the judgment debtor from the requirements of this chapter, except for financial responsibility requirements arising after the date of the discharge. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, …

Sec. 601.338. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OF OWNER OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) The department shall suspend the driver's license and vehicle registrations of the owner of a motor vehicle that was used with the owner's …

Sec. 601.339. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOWING CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may not issue a driver's license to a person who does not hold a driver's license and who: (1) enters a plea of guilty to an offe…

Sec. 601.340. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION FOLLOWING SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department shall suspend the registration of each motor vehicle registered in the …

Sec. 601.341. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TERMINATION OF PENALTY. Unless a person whose driver's license or vehicle registration has been suspended or revoked under this subchapter files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department: (1) the sus…

Sec. 601.342. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOLLOWING SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF NONRESIDENT'S OPERATING PRIVILEGE. The department may not terminate the suspension or revocation of a nonresident's operating privilege suspended or revoked under this subchapter because of a…

Sec. 601.371. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF SUSPENSION; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, during a period that a suspension of the person's vehicle registration is in effect under this chapter, knowingly permits a motor vehicle owned by the pers…

Sec. 601.372. RETURN OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION TO DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall give written notice of a suspension of a driver's license and vehicle registration to a person who is required to maintain a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or bond …

Sec. 601.373. FAILURE TO RETURN DRIVER'S LICENSE OR VEHICLE REGISTRATION; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully fails to send a driver's license or vehicle registration as required by Section 601.372. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor pun…

Sec. 601.374. TRANSFER OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION PROHIBITED. (a) An owner whose vehicle registration has been suspended under this chapter may not: (1) transfer the registration unless the transfer is authorized under Subsection (b); or (2) register in another name the motor vehicl…

Sec. 601.375. COOPERATION WITH OTHER STATE OR CANADA. (a) The department shall send a certified copy of the record of the department's action suspending a nonresident's operating privilege under Subchapter F or under Sections 601.332, 601.333, and 601.334 to the official in charg…

Sec. 601.376. REINSTATEMENT FEE. (a) A driver's license, vehicle registration, or nonresident's operating privilege that has been suspended under this chapter may not be reinstated and a new license or registration may not be issued to the holder of the suspended license, registr…

Sec. 601.401. DEPARTMENT ACTIONS SUBJECT TO REVIEW. (a) An action of the department under this chapter may be appealed, unless: (1) an order of suspension by the department is based on an existing unsatisfied final judgment rendered against a person by a court in this state arisi…

Sec. 601.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "implementing agencies" means: (1) the department; (2) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; (3) the Texas Department of Insurance; and (4) the Department of Information Resources. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 892 (S.B. 1670),…