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Texas Transportation Code - Section 601.372. Return Of Driver's License And Vehicle Registration To Department

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§ 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 under this chapter and whose 
policy or bond is canceled or terminated or who does not provide 
other evidence of financial responsibility on the request of the 
department.
	(b)  The notice must be by personal delivery to the person or 
by deposit in the United States mail addressed to the person at the 
last address supplied to the department by the person.  Notice by 
mail is presumed to be received on the 10th day after the date the 
notice is mailed.
	(c)  The department by rule may require the person to send 
the person's driver's license and vehicle registrations not later 
than the 10th day after the date the person receives written notice 
from the department.
	(d)  Proof of the notice may be made by the certificate of a 
department employee stating that:
		(1)  the notice was prepared in the regular course of 
business and placed in the United States mail as part of the regular 
organized activity of the department;  or
		(2)  the employee delivered the notice in person.                             
	(e)  A certificate under Subsection (d)(2) must specify the 
name of the person to whom the notice was given and the time, place, 
and manner of the delivery of the notice.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 884, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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