Texas Transportation Code § 501.033 Assignment Of Identification Number By Department

Sec. 501.033. ASSIGNMENT OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BY DEPARTMENT. (a) A person determined by law enforcement or a court to be the owner of a motor vehicle, travel trailer, semitrailer, or trailer, a part of a motor vehicle, travel trailer, semitrailer, or trailer, a frame, or an item of equipment including a tractor, farm implement, unit of special mobile equipment, or unit of off-road construction equipment may apply to the department for an assigned vehicle identification number that has been removed, altered, obliterated, or has never been assigned.

(b) An application under this section must be in a manner prescribed by the department and accompanied by valid evidence of ownership as required by the department.

(c) A fee of $2 must accompany each application under this section to be deposited in the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.

(d) The assigned vehicle identification number shall be die-stamped or otherwise affixed in the manner designated by the department.

(e) If the auto theft unit of a county or municipal law enforcement agency conducts an inspection required by the department under this section, the agency may impose a fee of $40. The county or municipal treasurer shall credit the fee to the general fund of the county or municipality, as applicable, to defray the agency's cost associated with the inspection. The fee shall be waived by the department or agency imposing the fee if the person applying under this section is the current registered owner.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 223 (S.B. 1356), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 22, eff. January 1, 2012.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1287 (H.B. 2202), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2013.

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