Sec. 501.09111. RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF NONREPAIRABLE VEHICLE TITLE, NONREPAIRABLE RECORD OF TITLE, SALVAGE VEHICLE TITLE, OR SALVAGE RECORD OF TITLE. (a) A person who owns a nonrepairable motor vehicle:
(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, record a lien as provided for in Section 501.097(a)(3)(A), and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and
(2) may not:
(A) operate or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law;
(B) repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle; or
(C) register the motor vehicle.
(b) A person who holds a nonrepairable certificate of title issued prior to September 1, 2003, is entitled to the same rights listed in Subsection (a) and may repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle.
(c) A person who owns a salvage motor vehicle:
(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, repair, rebuild, reconstruct, record a lien on, and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and
(2) may not operate, register, or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law.
Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 501.098 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 37, eff. January 1, 2012.
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