SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 521.001 - Definitions
(a) In this chapter: (1) "Correctional facility" means: (A) a place described by Section 1.07(a)(14), Penal Code; or (B) a secure correctional facility or secure...
- Texas Section 521.002 - Convenience To Public
The department shall implement its duties under this chapter in the manner that provides the greatest convenience to the public. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 521.003 - Enrollment And Attendance Verification
The Texas Education Agency shall design a standard form for use by public and private schools to verify a student's enrollment and attendance for purposes...
- Texas Section 521.004 - Penal Code References
In this chapter: (1) a reference to an offense under Section 49.04, Penal Code, includes an offense under Article 6701l-1, Revised Statutes, as that law...
- Texas Section 521.005 - Rulemaking Authority
The department may adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.72, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
- Texas Section 521.006 - Advertising In Driver's Handbook And Driver's License Mailings
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may sell advertising for inclusion in: (1) any driver's handbook that the department publishes; and (2)...
- Texas Section 521.0061 - Advertising Inside Driver's License Offices
The department may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message display system to promote department information or news...
- Texas Section 521.007 - Temporary Visitor Stations
(a) The department shall designate as temporary visitor stations certain driver's license offices. (b) A driver's license office designated as a temporary visitor station under...
- Texas Section 521.008 - Voluntary Contribution To Donor Registry
(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's license under this chapter, the person may contribute $1 or more to the nonprofit...
- Texas Section 521.009 - Program Regarding The Provision Of Renewal And Duplicate Driver's License And Other Identification Certificate Services
Sec. 521.009. PROGRAM REGARDING THE PROVISION OF RENEWAL AND DUPLICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE SERVICES. (a-1) Under the program, the department may enter...
- Texas Section 521.010 - Voluntary Contribution To Fund For Veterans' Assistance
(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, the person may make a voluntary...
SUBCHAPTER B GENERAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 521.011 - Services Information For Veterans
The department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop for veterans who receive a driver's license or personal identification certificate with a veteran's designation...
- Texas Section 521.021 - License Required
A person, other than a person expressly exempted under this chapter, may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the...
- Texas Section 521.022 - Restrictions On Operators Of Certain School Buses
(a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students. (b) A person who is 18...
- Texas Section 521.023 - Junior College Buses
(a) A person who is 18 years of age or older and who is licensed by the department to operate a motor vehicle as a...
- Texas Section 521.024 - Restrictions On Certain Common Carriers
(a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a motor vehicle while that vehicle is in use as a public or common...
- Texas Section 521.025 - License To Be Carried And Exhibited On Demand; Criminal Penalty
(a) A person required to hold a license under Section 521.021 shall: (1) have in the person's possession while operating a motor vehicle the class...
- Texas Section 521.026 - Dismissal Of Expired License Charge
(a) A judge may dismiss a charge of driving with an expired license if the defendant remedies this defect within 20 working days or before...
- Texas Section 521.027 - Persons Exempt From License Requirement
The following persons are exempt from the license requirement imposed under this chapter: (1) a person in the service of the state military forces or...
- Texas Section 521.028 - Effect Of Military Service On License Requirement
(a) Unless the license is suspended, canceled, or revoked as provided by law, a driver's license issued by this state that is held by a...
- Texas Section 521.029 - Operation Of Motor Vehicle By New State Residents
(a) A person who enters this state as a new resident may operate a motor vehicle in this state for no more than 90 days...
- Texas Section 521.030 - Reciprocal License
(a) A nonresident who is 18 years of age or older and who has in the person's possession a license issued to the person by...
- Texas Section 521.0305 - Agreements With Foreign Countries
(a) The department may enter into an agreement with a foreign country under which: (1) a person who is 18 years of age or older...
- Texas Section 521.031 - License From Other Authority
A person holding a driver's license under this chapter is not required to obtain a license for the operation of a motor vehicle from another...
SUBCHAPTER C DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS
- Texas Section 521.032 - Enhanced Driver's License Or Personal Identification Certificate
(a) The department may issue an enhanced driver's license or personal identification certificate for the purposes of crossing the border between this state and Mexico...
- Texas Section 521.041 - Application Records; Records Of Denial, Suspension, Cancellation, Or Revocation
(a) The department shall record each driver's license application received by the department. (b) The department shall maintain suitable indexes, in alphabetical or numerical order,...
- Texas Section 521.042 - Accident And Conviction Reports; Individual Records
(a) Except as provided by this section, the department shall record each accident report and abstract of the court record of a conviction received by...
- Texas Section 521.043 - Elimination Of Certain Unnecessary Records
The department is not required to maintain records relating to a person if the director decides that the records are no longer necessary, except that...
- Texas Section 521.044 - Use Or Disclosure Of Social Security Number Information
Sec. 521.044. USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER INFORMATION. (a) Information provided on a driver's license or personal identification certificate application that relates to...
- Texas Section 521.0445 - Notice Regarding Suspension Of License For Nonpayment Of Child Support
The department shall include in each notice sent to a driver's license holder a statement advising a holder who is delinquent in the payment of...
- Texas Section 521.045 - Disclosure Of Certain Information Relating To Individual Operator
On receipt of a written request and payment of a $4 fee, the department may disclose information relating to an individual's date of birth, current...
- Texas Section 521.046 - Disclosure Of Accident And Conviction Information
(a) In addition to the information authorized to be released under Section 521.045, on receipt of a written request and payment of a $6 fee,...
- Texas Section 521.047 - Disclosure Of Information To License Holder
(a) The department may disclose information relating to a license holder to that license holder on receipt of a written request that includes the individual's...
- Texas Section 521.0475 - Disclosure Of Abstract Record
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department shall provide a certified abstract of a complete driving record of a license holder,...
- Texas Section 521.048 - Certified Information
The department may disclose information under Section 521.046 or 521.047 that is certified by the custodian of records on payment of a $10 fee for...
- Texas Section 521.0485 - Requests For Information By Mail Or Electronic Means
(a) The department by rule may provide that the holder of a driver's license issued by the department may submit a request for information under...
- Texas Section 521.049 - Information Supplied To Certain Governmental Entities
(a) The department shall disclose information relating to the name, date of birth, and most recent address as shown in department records to the Texas...
- Texas Section 521.050 - Sale Of License Information
(a) In addition to the provisions of this subchapter relating to the disclosure of driver's license information on an individual, the department may provide a...
- Texas Section 521.051 - Disclosure Of Certain Information Prohibited
The department may not disclose class-type listings from the basic driver's license record file to any person except as provided by Section 521.049(c), regardless of...
- Texas Section 521.052 - Disclosure Of Individual Information Prohibited
Except as provided by Sections 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, 521.049(c), and 521.050, and by Chapter 730, the department may not disclose information from the department's files...
- Texas Section 521.053 - Commercial Driver's License Information
(a) The department may provide to any person the information specified by Section 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, or 521.047, for the fee required by those sections,...
- Texas Section 521.054 - Notice Of Change Of Address Or Name
(a) This section applies to a person who: (1) after applying for or being issued a license or certificate moves to a new residence address;...
- Texas Section 521.055 - Establishment Of Interactive System
(a) The department may establish a system, separate from the department's mainframe computer, that will allow interactive access to certain driver's license record information. (b)...
- Texas Section 521.056 - National Driver Register
(a) The department may process file check requests under the National Driver Register on behalf of current or prospective employers of individuals employed or seeking...
- Texas Section 521.057 - Information Regarding Certain Sex Offenders
(a) On receipt of a court order issued under Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, the department shall ensure that any driver's license record or...
- Texas Section 521.058 - Disposition Of Fees
Each fee collected under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325,...
- Texas Section 521.059 - Image Verification System
(a) The department shall establish an image verification system based on the following identifiers collected by the department under Section 521.142(b): (1) an applicant's facial...
- Texas Section 521.060 - Emergency Contact And Medical Information Databases
(a) The department shall maintain in its files a record of the name, address, and telephone number of each individual identified by the holder of...
- Texas Section 521.061 - Internal Verification System
(a) The department by rule shall establish a system for identifying unique addresses that are submitted in license or certificate applications under this chapter or...
- Texas Section 521.062 - Driver Record Monitoring Pilot Program
(a) The department by rule may establish a driver record monitoring pilot program. The term of the pilot program may not exceed one year. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER D CLASSIFICATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSES
- Texas Section 521.063 - Mailing Address Verification System
The department by rule shall establish a system to ensure that addresses of driver's license holders are verified and matched to United States Postal Service...
- Texas Section 521.081 - Class A License
A Class A driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate: (1) a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds...
- Texas Section 521.082 - Class B License
(a) A Class B driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate: (1) a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating that is...
- Texas Section 521.083 - Class C License
A Class C driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate: (1) a vehicle or combination of vehicles not described by Section 521.081...
- Texas Section 521.084 - Class M License
A Class M driver's license authorizes the holder of the license to operate a motorcycle or moped as defined by Section 541.201. Acts 1995, 74th...
SUBCHAPTER E CLASSIFICATION OF CERTIFICATES
- Texas Section 521.085 - Type Of Vehicle Authorized
(a) Unless prohibited by Chapter 522, and except as provided by Subsection (b), the license holder may operate any vehicle of the type for which...
- Texas Section 521.101 - Personal Identification Certificate
(a) The department shall issue personal identification certificates. (b) A personal identification certificate must be similar in form to, but distinguishable in color from, a...
- Texas Section 521.102 - Designator On Personal Identification Certificate Issued To Veteran
(a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who: (1) has served in: (A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of...
- Texas Section 521.103 - Expiration And Renewal Requirements For Certain Sex Offenders
(a) The department may issue an original or renewal personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license or personal identification certificate record indicates that...
SUBCHAPTER F APPEARANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE
- Texas Section 521.104 - Renewal By Mail Or Electronic Means
The department by rule may provide that the holder of a personal identification certificate may renew the certificate by mail, by telephone, over the Internet,...
- Texas Section 521.121 - General Information On Driver's License
Sec. 521.121. GENERAL INFORMATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) The driver's license must include: (1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department to the license holder;...
- Texas Section 521.1211 - Driver's License For Peace Officer
(a) In this section, "peace officer" has the meaning assigned by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by rule...
- Texas Section 521.122 - Type Of Vehicle Required To Be Indicated On License
(a) The department shall show on each driver's license the general type of vehicle that the license holder is authorized to operate. (b) The department...
- Texas Section 521.123 - Designator On License Issued To Person Under 21 Years Of Age
The department shall: (1) designate and clearly mark as a provisional license each original driver's license issued by the department to a person who is...
- Texas Section 521.1235 - Designator On License Issued To Veteran
(a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who: (1) has served in: (A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine corps of...
- Texas Section 521.124 - Temporary License; Issued Without Photograph
(a) The department may issue a temporary license without a photograph of the license holder: (1) to an applicant who is out of state or...
- Texas Section 521.125 - Medical And Emergency Information On License
(a) On the reverse side of a driver's license, the department shall: (1) print: (A) "Allergic Reaction to Drugs: __________"; (B) "Directive to physician has...
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 521.126 - Electronically Readable Information
(a) The department may not include any information on a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate in an electronically readable form other...
- Texas Section 521.141 - General Application Requirements
(a) An applicant for an original or renewal of a driver's license must apply in a manner prescribed by the department. (b) An application for...
- Texas Section 521.142 - Application For Original License
(a) An application for an original license must state the applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information must be verified by...
- Texas Section 521.1421 - Inmate Identification Verification Pilot Program
(a) The department shall participate in an inmate identification verification pilot program for the purpose of issuing driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to inmates...
- Texas Section 521.1425 - Information Required To Be Furnished To Department
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the department may require each applicant for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license to furnish...
- Texas Section 521.1426 - Domicile Requirement; Verification
(a) The department may not issue a driver's license or a personal identification certificate to a person who has not established a domicile in this...
- Texas Section 521.1427 - Post Office Box Not Valid As Address
(a) In this section, "post office box address" means a United States Postal Service post office box address or a private mailbox address. (b) Unless...
- Texas Section 521.143 - Evidence Of Financial Responsibility Required
(a) An application for an original driver's license must be accompanied by evidence of financial responsibility or a statement that the applicant does not own...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 521.145 - Application By Person Under 18 Years Of Age
(a) The application of an applicant under 18 years of age must be signed by: (1) the parent or guardian who has custody of the...
- Texas Section 521.146 - Application For Duplicate License Or Certificate
(a) If a driver's license or certificate issued under this chapter is lost or destroyed, or there is a change in pertinent information, the person...
- Texas Section 521.147 - Registration With Selective Service System
(a) After an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate is submitted by a male applicant who on the...
SUBCHAPTER H EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 521.148 - Application For Class M License Or Authorization To Operate Motorcycle
(a) An applicant for an original Class M license or Class A, B, or C driver's license that includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle...
- Texas Section 521.1601 - Driver Education Required
The department may not issue a driver's license to a person who is younger than 21 years of age unless the person submits to the...
- Texas Section 521.1601 - Driver Education Required
The department may not issue a driver's license to a person who is younger than 25 years of age unless the person submits to the...
- Texas Section 521.161 - Examination Of License Applicants
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the department shall examine each applicant for a driver's license. The examination shall be held in the...
- Texas Section 521.162 - Alternate Examination In Spanish
(a) The department shall design and administer in each county of this state an alternate examination for Spanish-speaking applicants who are unable to take the...
- Texas Section 521.163 - Reexamination
(a) The director may require the holder of a license to be reexamined if the director determines that the holder is incapable of safely operating...
- Texas Section 521.164 - Exemption From Certain Examination Requirements For Licensed Nonresidents
(a) The department by rule may provide that a holder of a driver's license issued to the person by another state or Canadian province and...
- Texas Section 521.165 - Testing By Other Entities
(a) The director may certify and set standards for the certification of certain employers, government agencies, and other appropriate organizations to allow those persons to...
- Texas Section 521.1655 - Testing By Driver Education School And Certain Driver Education Course Providers
(a) A driver education school licensed under Chapter 1001, Education Code, may administer to a student of that school the vision, highway sign, and traffic...
- Texas Section 521.166 - Motorcycle Road Test Requirements
(a) An applicant required to submit to a motorcycle road test must provide a passenger vehicle and a licensed driver to convey the license examiner...
SUBCHAPTER I ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE
- Texas Section 521.167 - Waiver Of Certain Education And Examination Requirements
A person who has completed and passed a driver education course approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Section 1001.1015, Education Code,...
- Texas Section 521.181 - Issuance Of Driver's License
On payment of the required fee, the department shall issue to each qualifying applicant a driver's license of the class for which the applicant has...
- Texas Section 521.1811 - Waiver Of Fees For Foster Care Youth
A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a driver's license, as provided under this chapter, if that person...
- Texas Section 521.182 - Surrender Of License Issued By Other Jurisdiction
(a) A person is not entitled to receive a driver's license until the person surrenders to the department each driver's license in the person's possession...
SUBCHAPTER J PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE
- Texas Section 521.183 - Surrender Of Driver's License Or Personal Identification Certificate
(a) A person is not entitled to receive a driver's license until the person surrenders to the department each personal identification certificate in the person's...
- Texas Section 521.201 - License Ineligibility In General
The department may not issue any license to a person who: (1) is under 15 years of age; (2) is under 18 years of age...
- Texas Section 521.202 - Ineligibility For License Based On Certain Convictions
(a) Unless the period of suspension that would have applied if the person held a license at the time of the conviction has expired, the...
- Texas Section 521.203 - Restrictions On Class A And B Licenses
The department may not issue a Class A or Class B driver's license to a person who: (1) is under 17 years of age; (2)...
- Texas Section 521.204 - Restrictions On Minor
(a) The department may issue a Class C driver's license to an applicant under 18 years of age only if the applicant: (1) is 16...
- Texas Section 521.205 - Department-approved Courses
Sec. 521.205. DEPARTMENT-APPROVED COURSES. Without reference to the amendment of this subsection, this section was repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1044 (H.B....
SUBCHAPTER K RESTRICTED LICENSES
- Texas Section 521.206 - Collision Rate Statistics Publication
(a) The department shall collect data regarding collisions of students taught by public schools, driver education schools licensed under Chapter 1001, Education Code, and other...
- Texas Section 521.221 - Imposition Of Special Restrictions And Endorsements
(a) For good cause the department may impose a restriction or require an endorsement suitable to the driver's license holder's driving ability. The restriction or...
- Texas Section 521.222 - Instruction Permit
(a) The department may issue a learner license, including a Class A or Class B driver's learner license, to a person who: (1) is 15...
- Texas Section 521.223 - Hardship License
(a) The department may issue a license to a person who complies with the requirements of Subsection (b) if the department finds that: (1) the...
- Texas Section 521.224 - Restricted Class M License
(a) In this section, "motorcycle" includes a motor driven cycle. (b) The department may issue a special restricted Class M license that authorizes the holder...
SUBCHAPTER L OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
- Texas Section 521.225 - Moped License
(a) A person may not operate a moped unless the person holds a driver's license. An applicant for a moped license must be 15 years...
- Texas Section 521.241 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Essential need" means a need of a person for the operation of a motor vehicle: (A) in the performance of an...
- Texas Section 521.242 - Petition
(a) A person whose license has been suspended for a cause other than a physical or mental disability or impairment or a conviction of an...
- Texas Section 521.243 - Notice To State; Presentation Of Evidence
(a) The clerk of the court shall send by certified mail to the attorney representing the state a copy of the petition and notice of...
- Texas Section 521.244 - Hearing; Order; Determination Of Essential Need
(a) The judge who hears the petition shall sign an order finding whether an essential need exists. (b) In determining whether an essential need exists,...
- Texas Section 521.245 - Required Counseling
(a) If the petitioner's license has been suspended under Chapter 524 or 724, the court shall require the petitioner to attend a program approved by...
- Texas Section 521.246 - Ignition Interlock Device Requirement
(a) If the person's license has been suspended after a conviction of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, the judge shall restrict the person...
- Texas Section 521.2461 - Testing For Alcohol Or Controlled Substances
The court granting an occupational license under this subchapter may require as a condition of the license that the person submit to periodic testing for...
- Texas Section 521.2462 - Supervision Of Person Issued Occupational Driver's License
(a) The court granting an occupational license under this subchapter may order the person receiving the license to: (1) submit to supervision by the local...
- Texas Section 521.2465 - Restricted License
(a) On receipt of notice that a person has been restricted to the use of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, the...
- Texas Section 521.247 - Approval Of Ignition Interlock Devices By Department
(a) The department shall adopt rules for the approval of ignition interlock devices used under this subchapter. (b) The department by rule shall establish general...
- Texas Section 521.2475 - Ignition Interlock Device Evaluation
(a) On January 1 of each year, the department shall issue an evaluation of each ignition interlock device approved under Section 521.247 using guidelines established...
- Texas Section 521.2476 - Minimum Standards For Vendors Of Ignition Interlock Devices
(a) The department by rule shall establish: (1) minimum standards for vendors of ignition interlock devices who conduct business in this state; and (2) procedures...
- Texas Section 521.248 - Order Requirements
(a) An order granting an occupational license must specify: (1) the hours of the day and days of the week during which the person may...
- Texas Section 521.249 - Notice To Department; Issuance Of Occupational License
(a) The court shall send a certified copy of the petition and the court order setting out the judge's findings and restrictions to the department....
- Texas Section 521.250 - Court Order In Operator's Possession
A person who is issued an occupational license shall have in the person's possession a certified copy of the court order granting the license while...
- Texas Section 521.251 - Effective Date Of Occupational License
(a) If a person's license is suspended under Chapter 524 or 724 and the person has not had a prior suspension arising from an alcohol-related...
- Texas Section 521.252 - License Revocation
(a) The court that signs an order granting an occupational license may issue at any time an order revoking the license for good cause. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER M LICENSE EXPIRATION, RENEWAL, AND NUMBER CHANGE
- Texas Section 521.253 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who holds an occupational license commits an offense if the person: (1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of a restriction imposed...
- Texas Section 521.271 - License Expiration
(a) Each original driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, or occupational driver's license issued to an applicant who is a citizen, national, or legal permanent...
- Texas Section 521.2711 - License Expiration: Person At Least 85 Years Of Age
(a) Each original driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older expires on the license holder's second birthday after the date of...
- Texas Section 521.272 - Renewal Of License Issued To Certain Sex Offenders
(a) The department may issue an original or renewal driver's license to a person whose driver's license or personal identification certificate record indicates that the...
- Texas Section 521.273 - Renewal Examinations
(a) The department may require and prescribe the procedure and standards for an examination for the renewal of a driver's license. (b) A license holder...
- Texas Section 521.274 - Renewal By Mail Or Electronic Means
(a) The department by rule may provide that the holder of a driver's license may renew the license by mail, by telephone, over the Internet,...
SUBCHAPTER N GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSE DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION
- Texas Section 521.275 - Change Of Driver's License Or Personal Identification Certificate Number
(a) The department shall issue to a person a new driver's license number or personal identification certificate number on the person's showing a court order...
- Texas Section 521.291 - Rules
The department shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1117, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2000.
- Texas Section 521.292 - Department's Determination For License Suspension
(a) The department shall suspend the person's license if the department determines that the person: (1) has operated a motor vehicle on a highway while...
- Texas Section 521.293 - Period Of Suspension Under Section 521
Sec. 521.293. PERIOD OF SUSPENSION UNDER SECTION 521.292. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the person does not request a hearing, the period...
- Texas Section 521.294 - Department's Determination For License Revocation
The department shall revoke the person's license if the department determines that the person: (1) is incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle; (2) has...
- Texas Section 521.295 - Notice Of Department's Determination
(a) If the department suspends a person's license under Section 521.292 or revokes a person's license under Section 521.294, the department shall send a notice...
- Texas Section 521.296 - Notice Of Suspension Or Revocation
A notice of suspension under Section 521.292 or revocation under Section 521.294 must state: (1) the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension or revocation;...
- Texas Section 521.297 - Suspension, Revocation, Or Disqualification Effective Date
(a) A license suspension under Section 521.292 or revocation under Section 521.294 takes effect on the 40th day after the date the person is considered...
- Texas Section 521.298 - Hearing Request
If, not later than the 15th day after the date on which the person is considered to have received notice of the suspension or revocation...
- Texas Section 521.299 - Hearing Date; Rescheduling
(a) A hearing requested under Section 521.298 shall be held not earlier than the 11th day after the date on which the person requesting the...
- Texas Section 521.300 - Hearing: Location; Presiding Officer
(a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be conducted in a municipal court or a justice court in the county in which the person resides....
- Texas Section 521.301 - Issue At Hearing
(a) The issue that must be proved at the hearing by a preponderance of the evidence is whether the grounds for suspension or revocation stated...
- Texas Section 521.302 - Failure To Appear
A person who requests a hearing under this subchapter and fails to appear without just cause waives the right to a hearing and the department's...
- Texas Section 521.303 - Continuance
A continuance under Section 521.299 stays the suspension or revocation of a license until the date of the final decision of the presiding officer. Added...
- Texas Section 521.304 - Cancellation Of Minor's License On Cosigner's Request; Release From Liability
(a) The person who cosigned a minor's application for a driver's license under Section 521.145 may file with the department a request that the department...
- Texas Section 521.305 - Cancellation Of Minor's License On Death Of Cosigner
On receipt of information satisfactory to the department of the death of a person who cosigned a minor's application for a driver's license under Section...
- Texas Section 521.306 - Effect Of Conduct In Other Jurisdiction; Suspension Under Driver's License Compact
(a) The department may suspend or revoke the license of a resident or the operating privilege of a nonresident to operate a motor vehicle in...
- Texas Section 521.307 - Suspension Of Certain Provisional Licenses
(a) On the recommendation of a juvenile court with jurisdiction over the holder of a provisional license, the department shall suspend a provisional license if...
- Texas Section 521.308 - Appeal; Judicial Review
(a) A person whose driver's license suspension or revocation has been sustained by a presiding officer under this subchapter may appeal the decision of the...
- Texas Section 521.309 - Probation Of Suspension
(a) On determining that a license shall be suspended, the presiding officer who conducts a hearing under this subchapter, or the court that tries an...
- Texas Section 521.310 - Probation Violation
(a) If the director believes that a person who has been placed on probation under Section 521.309 has violated a term or condition of the...
- Texas Section 521.311 - Effective Date Of Order
Except as provided by another section of this subchapter to the contrary, a decision under this subchapter takes effect on the 11th day after the...
- Texas Section 521.312 - Period Of Suspension Or Revocation; Reinstatement Of License
(a) Revocation of a license is for an indefinite period. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), Section 521.293(b), or Subchapter O, the department may...
- Texas Section 521.313 - Reinstatement And Reissuance; Fee
(a) A license suspended or revoked under this subchapter may not be reinstated or another license issued to the person until the person pays the...
- Texas Section 521.314 - Cancellation Authority
The department may cancel a license or certificate if it determines that the holder: (1) was not entitled to the license or certificate; or (2)...
- Texas Section 521.315 - Surrender Of License; Return
(a) On the suspension, cancellation, disqualification, or revocation of a license by the department, the department may require the holder to surrender the license to...
- Texas Section 521.316 - Suspended Foreign License
A person whose driver's license or privilege to operate a vehicle in this state is suspended or revoked under this chapter may not operate a...
- Texas Section 521.317 - Denial Of License Renewal After Warning
The department may deny the renewal of the driver's license of a person about whom the department has received information under Section 706.004 until the...
- Texas Section 521.318 - Nonresidents
(a) The department may suspend or revoke a nonresident's operating privilege in the same manner and for the same causes as a driver's license issued...
- Texas Section 521.319 - Revocation For Medical Reasons
(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle if the person: (1) is a chemically dependent person who: (A) is likely to cause serious...
SUBCHAPTER O AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION
- Texas Section 521.320 - Suspension For Certain Criminal Mischief; License Denial
(a) A court may order the department to suspend a person's driver's license on conviction of an offense under Section 28.08, Penal Code. (b) A...
- Texas Section 521.341 - Requirements For Automatic License Suspension
Except as provided by Sections 521.344(d)-(i), a license is automatically suspended on final conviction of the license holder of: (1) an offense under Section 19.05,...
- Texas Section 521.342 - Person Under 21 Years Of Age
(a) Except as provided by Section 521.344, the license of a person who was under 21 years of age at the time of the offense,...
- Texas Section 521.343 - Period Of Suspension; Extension
(a) Except as provided by Sections 521.342(b), 521.344(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), 521.345, 521.346, 521.3465, and 521.351, a suspension under this...
- Texas Section 521.344 - Suspension For Offenses Involving Intoxication
(a) Except as provided by Sections 521.342(b) and 521.345, and by Subsections (d)-(i), if a person is convicted of an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045,...
- Texas Section 521.345 - Suspension On Order Of Juvenile Court Or On Order Of Court Based On Alcoholic Beverage Violation By Minor
(a) The department shall suspend the license of a person on receipt of an order to suspend the license that is issued by: (1) a...
- Texas Section 521.3451 - Suspension Or Denial On Order Of Justice Or Municipal Court For Contempt Of Court; Reinstatement
(a) The department shall suspend or deny the issuance of a license or instruction permit on receipt of an order to suspend or deny the...
- Texas Section 521.3452 - Procedure In Cases Involving Minors
(a) A court shall report to the department a person charged with a traffic offense under this chapter who does not appear before the court...
- Texas Section 521.346 - Suspension On Conviction Of Certain Fraudulent Activities
(a) If an individual is convicted of an offense under Section 521.451 or 521.453, the period of suspension shall be for the period set by...
- Texas Section 521.3465 - Automatic Suspension On Conviction Of Certain Offenses Involving Fictitious Motor Vehicle License Plates, Registration Insignia, Or Vehicle Inspection Reports
(a) A license is automatically suspended on final conviction of the license holder of: (1) an offense under Section 502.475(a)(4); or (2) an offense under...
- Texas Section 521.3466 - Automatic Revocation For Offense Involving Certain Fraudulent Governmental Records
(a) A license is automatically revoked on final conviction of the license holder of an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code, if the governmental record...
- Texas Section 521.347 - Reports; Recommended Suspension
(a) The court in which a person is convicted of an offense for which this chapter or Chapter 522 requires automatic suspension of the person's...
- Texas Section 521.348 - Automatic Revocation For Certain Sex Offenders
(a) A driver's license is automatically revoked if the holder of the license: (1) is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of...
- Texas Section 521.349 - Acquiring Motor Fuel Without Payment: Automatic Suspension; License Denial
(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the judgment in the case...
- Texas Section 521.350 - Suspension For Offense Relating To Racing Of Motor Vehicle On Public Highway Or Street
(a) A license is automatically suspended on conviction of an offense under Section 545.420(a). (b) A suspension under this section is for one year, except...
SUBCHAPTER P AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES
- Texas Section 521.351 - Purchase Of Alcohol For Minor Or Furnishing Alcohol To Minor: Automatic Suspension; License Denial
(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an offense under Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code. (b) The department may not...
- Texas Section 521.371 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Controlled Substances Act" means the federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 801 et seq.). (2) "Convicted" includes an adjudication under...
- Texas Section 521.372 - Automatic Suspension; License Denial
(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of: (1) an offense under the Controlled Substances Act; (2) a drug offense; or...
- Texas Section 521.373 - Reinstatement Requirements
(a) The department may not reinstate a driver's license suspended under Section 521.372 unless the person whose license was suspended applies to the department for...
- Texas Section 521.374 - Educational Program Or Equivalent Education
Sec. 521.374. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR EQUIVALENT EDUCATION. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (S.B. 1070), Sec. 2, and...
- Texas Section 521.375 - Joint Adoption Of Rules
(a) The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the department shall jointly adopt rules for the qualification and approval of providers of educational programs...
- Texas Section 521.375 - Joint Adoption Of Rules
(a) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission and the department shall jointly adopt rules for the qualification and approval of: (1)...
- Texas Section 521.376 - Duties Of Texas Department Of Licensing And Regulation; Application And Renewal Fees
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: (1) shall monitor, coordinate, and provide training to persons who provide educational programs under Section 521.374; (2) shall...
- Texas Section 521.376 - Duties Of Department Of State Health Services; Application And Renewal Fees
The Department of State Health Services: (1) shall monitor, coordinate, and provide training to: (A) persons who provide educational programs under Section 521.374(a)(1); and (B)...
SUBCHAPTER Q ANATOMICAL GIFTS
- Texas Section 521.377 - License Reinstatement
(a) The department, on payment of the applicable fee, shall reinstate a person's license or, if the person otherwise qualifies for a license, issue the...
- Texas Section 521.401 - Statement Of Gift
(a) A person who wishes to be an eye, tissue, or organ donor may execute a statement of gift. (b) The statement of gift may...
SUBCHAPTER R FEES
- Texas Section 521.402 - Revocation Of Statement Of Gift
(a) To revoke an affirmative statement of gift on a person's driver's license or personal identification certificate, a person must apply to the department for...
- Texas Section 521.421 - License Fees; Examination Fees
(a) The fee for issuance or renewal of a license not otherwise provided for by this section is $24. (a-1) The fee for a personal...
- Texas Section 521.422 - Personal Identification Certificate Fee
(a) The fee for a personal identification certificate is: (1) $15 for a person under 60 years of age; (2) $5 for a person 60...
- Texas Section 521.424 - Duplicate License Or Certificate Fee
The fee for a duplicate driver's license or duplicate personal identification certificate is $10. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,...
- Texas Section 521.425 - Remittance Of Fees And Charges
Each fee or charge required by this chapter and collected by an officer or agent of the department shall be sent without deduction to the...
- Texas Section 521.426 - Disabled Veteran Exemption
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a veteran of service in the armed forces of the United States is exempt from the payment of...
- Texas Section 521.427 - Disposition Of Fees
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), each fee collected under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility...
SUBCHAPTER S MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
- Texas Section 521.428 - County Fee
A county that provides services under an agreement described by Section 521.009 may collect an additional fee of up to $5 for each transaction provided...
- Texas Section 521.451 - General Violation
(a) Except as provided by Section 521.452, a person may not: (1) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the person's possession...
- Texas Section 521.452 - Alias Driver's License For Law Enforcement Purposes
(a) After written approval by the director, the department may issue to a law enforcement officer an alias driver's license to be used in supervised...
- Texas Section 521.453 - Fictitious License Or Certificate
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a person under the age of 21 years commits an offense if the person possesses, with the intent...
- Texas Section 521.454 - False Application
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly swears to or affirms falsely before a person authorized to take statements under oath any...
- Texas Section 521.455 - Use Of Illegal License Or Certificate
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly uses a driver's license or certificate obtained in violation of Section 521.451 or...
- Texas Section 521.456 - Delivery Or Manufacture Of Counterfeit Instrument
(a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses with the intent to sell, distribute, or deliver a forged or counterfeit instrument that is...
- Texas Section 521.4565 - Conspiring To Manufacture Counterfeit License Or Certificate
(a) In this section: (1) "Combination," "conspires to commit," "profits," and "criminal street gang" have the meanings assigned by Section 71.01, Penal Code. (2) "Conspires...
- Texas Section 521.457 - Driving While License Invalid
(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a motor vehicle on a highway: (1) after the person's driver's license has been canceled...
- Texas Section 521.458 - Permitting Unauthorized Person To Drive
(a) A person may not knowingly permit or cause the person's child or ward who is under 18 years of age to operate a motor...
- Texas Section 521.459 - Employment Of Unlicensed Driver
(a) Before employing a person as an operator of a motor vehicle used to transport persons or property, an employer shall request from the department:...
- Texas Section 521.460 - Motor Vehicle Rentals
(a) A person may not rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the other person holds a driver's license under this chapter or,...
- Texas Section 521.461 - General Criminal Penalty
(a) A person who violates a provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not provided commits an offense. (b) An offense under...