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Texas Transportation Code - Section 521.271. License Expiration

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§ 521.271. LICENSE EXPIRATION.  (a) Each original 
driver's license and provisional license expires as follows:
		(1)  a driver's license expires on the first birthday of 
the license holder occurring after the sixth anniversary of the 
date of the application;
		(2)  a provisional license expires on the earlier of:                         
			(A)  the 18th birthday of the license holder;  or                            
			(B)  the first birthday of the license holder 
occurring after the date of the application;
		(3)  an instruction permit expires on the second 
birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of the 
application;  and
		(4)  an occupational license expires on the first 
anniversary of the court order granting the license.
	(b)  A driver's license that is renewed expires on the sixth 
anniversary of the expiration date before renewal.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1372, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 497, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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