Title TN, Transportation Code

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),…

Sec. 601.452. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM; RULES. (a) The Texas Department of Insurance in consultation with the other implementing agencies shall establish a program for verification of whether owners of motor vehicles have established financial responsibility. The program establi…

Sec. 601.453. AGENT. (a) The Texas Department of Insurance in consultation with the other implementing agencies, under a competitive bidding procedure, shall select an agent to develop, implement, operate, and maintain the program. (b) The implementing agencies shall jointly ente…

Sec. 601.454. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY INSURANCE COMPANY; PRIVACY. (a) Each insurance company providing motor vehicle liability insurance policies in this state shall provide necessary information for those policies to allow the agent to carry out this subchapter, subject to the a…

Sec. 601.455. ACCESS BY COURT. (a) A justice or municipal court may access the verification program established under this subchapter to verify financial responsibility for the purpose of court proceedings. (b) The costs associated with accessing the verification program under th…

Sec. 621.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, designed or used for: (A) the transportation of property; or (B) delivery purposes. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission. (3) "Departme…

Sec. 621.002. VEHICLE REGISTRATION RECEIPT FOR CERTAIN HEAVY VEHICLES. (a) A copy of the registration receipt issued under Section 502.057 for a commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer shall be: (1) carried on the vehicle when the vehicle is on a public h…

Sec. 621.003. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER STATE FOR ISSUANCE OF PERMITS. (a) The board by rule may authorize the director to enter into with the proper authority of another state an agreement that authorizes: (1) the authority of the other state to issue on behalf of the de…

Sec. 621.004. ADMISSIBILITY OF CERTIFICATE OF VERTICAL CLEARANCE. In each civil or criminal proceeding in which a violation of this chapter may be an issue, a certificate of the vertical clearance of a structure, including a bridge or underpass, signed by the executive director o…

Sec. 621.005. EFFECT OF INCREASED LIMITS BY UNITED STATES. If the United States prescribes or adopts vehicle size or weight limits greater than those prescribed by 23 U.S.C. Section 127 on March 18, 1975, for the national system of interstate and defense highways, the increased l…

Sec. 621.006. RESTRICTED OPERATION ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS. The commission by rule may impose restrictions on the weight and size of vehicles to be operated on state highways on the following holidays only: (1) New Year's Day; (2) Memorial Day; (3) Independence Day; (4) Labor Day; (5…

Sec. 621.007. EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION. (a) In a proceeding in which a violation of a weight restriction under this subtitle may be an issue, a document is admissible as relevant evidence of the violation if: (1) the document is: (A) a record kept under Section 621.410; or (B) a bil…

Sec. 621.008. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The board may adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2011. SUBCHAPTER B. WEIGHT LIMITATIONS

Sec. 621.101. MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF VEHICLE OR COMBINATION. (a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles may not be operated over or on a public highway or at a port-of-entry between Texas and the United Mexican States if the vehicle or combination has: (1) a single axle weight heavier t…

Sec. 621.102. AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WEIGHTS. (a) The executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation may set the maximum single axle weight, tandem axle weight, or gross weight of a vehicle, or maximum single axle weight, tandem axle weight, or gross weight of a c…

Sec. 621.201. MAXIMUM WIDTH. (a) The total width of a vehicle operated on a public highway other than a vehicle to which Subsection (b) applies, including a load on the vehicle but excluding any safety device determined by the United States Department of Transportation or the Tex…

Sec. 621.202. COMMISSION'S AUTHORITY TO SET MAXIMUM WIDTH. (a) To comply with safety and operational requirements of federal law, the commission by order may set the maximum width of a vehicle, including the load on the vehicle, at eight feet for a designated highway or segment o…

Sec. 621.203. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) A motor vehicle, other than a truck-tractor, may not be longer than 45 feet. (b) A motor bus as defined by Section 502.001 that is longer than 35 feet but not longer than 45 feet may be operated on a highway if the motor bus is e…