Sec. 521.144. APPLICATION BY NEW STATE RESIDENT. (a) A new resident of this state who applies for a driver's license must submit with the application:
(1) evidence that each motor vehicle owned by the person is registered under Chapter 502; or
(2) an affidavit that the applicant does not own a motor vehicle required to be registered under Chapter 502.
(b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a new resident who fails to comply with Subsection (a).
(c) A registration receipt issued by the county assessor-collector of the county in which the new resident resides is satisfactory evidence that a motor vehicle is registered under Chapter 502.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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