Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Chapter 683 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 683.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. (2) "Garagekeeper" means an owner or operator of a storage facility. (3) "Law...
- Texas Section 683.002 - Abandoned Motor Vehicle
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, a motor vehicle is abandoned if the motor vehicle: (1) is inoperable, is more than five years old,...
SUBCHAPTER B ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES: SEIZURE AND AUCTION
- Texas Section 683.003 - Conflict Of Laws; Effect On Other Laws
(a) Sections 683.051-683.055 may not be read as conflicting with Sections 683.074-683.078. (b) This chapter does not affect a law authorizing the immediate removal of...
- Texas Section 683.011 - Authority To Take Abandoned Motor Vehicle Into Custody
(a) A law enforcement agency may take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor found on public or private property. (b)...
- Texas Section 683.012 - Taking Abandoned Motor Vehicle Into Custody: Notice
(a) A law enforcement agency shall send notice of abandonment to: (1) the last known registered owner of each motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard...
- Texas Section 683.013 - Storage Fees
A law enforcement agency or the agent of a law enforcement agency that takes into custody an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor...
- Texas Section 683.014 - Auction Or Use Of Abandoned Items; Waiver Of Rights
(a) If an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor is not claimed under Section 683.012: (1) the owner or lienholder: (A) waives all...
- Texas Section 683.015 - Auction Proceeds
(a) A law enforcement agency is entitled to reimbursement from the proceeds of the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor...
SUBCHAPTER C VEHICLE ABANDONED IN STORAGE FACILITY
- Texas Section 683.016 - Law Enforcement Agency Use Of Certain Abandoned Motor Vehicles
(a) The law enforcement agency that takes an abandoned motor vehicle into custody that is not claimed under Section 683.012 may: (1) use the vehicle...
- Texas Section 683.031 - Garagekeeper's Duty: Abandoned Motor Vehicles
(a) A motor vehicle is abandoned if the vehicle is left in a storage facility operated for commercial purposes after the 10th day after the...
- Texas Section 683.032 - Garagekeeper's Fees And Charges
(a) A garagekeeper who acquires custody of a motor vehicle for a purpose other than repair is entitled to towing, preservation, and notification charges and...
- Texas Section 683.033 - Unauthorized Storage Fee; Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person charges a storage fee for a period for which the fee is not authorized by Section...
SUBCHAPTER D DEMOLITION OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES
- Texas Section 683.034 - Disposal Of Vehicle Abandoned In Storage Facility
(a) A law enforcement agency shall take into custody an abandoned vehicle left in a storage facility that has not been claimed in the period...
- Texas Section 683.051 - Application For Authorization To Dispose Of Certain Motor Vehicles
A person may apply to the department for authority: (1) to sell, give away, or dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher...
- Texas Section 683.052 - Contents Of Application; Application Fee
(a) An application under Section 683.051 must: (1) contain the name and address of the applicant; (2) state the year, make, model, and vehicle identification...
- Texas Section 683.053 - Department To Provide Notice
Except as provided by Section 683.054(b), the department shall give notice as provided by Section 683.012 if it determines that an application under Section 683.051...
- Texas Section 683.054 - Certificate Of Authority To Dispose Of Vehicle
(a) The department shall issue the applicant a certificate of authority to dispose of the vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or...
- Texas Section 683.055 - Rules And Forms
The department may adopt rules and prescribe forms to implement Sections 683.051-683.054. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 683.056 - Demolisher's Duty
(a) A motor vehicle demolisher who acquires a motor vehicle for dismantling or demolishing shall obtain from the person delivering the vehicle: (1) the motor...
SUBCHAPTER E JUNKED VEHICLES: PUBLIC NUISANCE; ABATEMENT
- Texas Section 683.057 - Demolisher's Records; Offense
(a) A motor vehicle demolisher shall keep a record of a motor vehicle that is acquired in the course of business. (b) The record must...
- Texas Section 683.071 - Definition And Applicability
(a) In this subchapter, "junked vehicle" means a vehicle that: (1) is self-propelled; and (2) is: (A) wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded; or...
- Texas Section 683.0711 - Municipal Requirements
An ordinance adopted by a governing body of a municipality may provide for a more inclusive definition of a junked vehicle subject to regulation under...
- Texas Section 683.072 - Junked Vehicle Declared To Be Public Nuisance
A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is visible at any time of the year from a public place or public...
- Texas Section 683.073 - Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person maintains a public nuisance described by Section 683.072. (b) An offense under this section is a...
- Texas Section 683.074 - Authority To Abate Nuisance; Procedures
(a) A municipality or county may adopt procedures that conform to this subchapter for the abatement and removal from private or public property or a...
- Texas Section 683.075 - Notice
(a) The procedures for the abatement and removal of a public nuisance under this subchapter must provide not less than 10 days' notice of the...
- Texas Section 683.076 - Hearing
(a) The governing body of the municipality or county or a board, commission, or official designated by the governing body shall conduct hearings under the...
- Texas Section 683.0765 - Alternative Procedure For Administrative Hearing
A municipality by ordinance may provide for an administrative adjudication process under which an administrative penalty may be imposed for the enforcement of an ordinance...
- Texas Section 683.077 - Inapplicability Of Subchapter
(a) Procedures adopted under Section 683.074 or 683.0765 may not apply to a vehicle or vehicle part: (1) that is completely enclosed in a building...
- Texas Section 683.078 - Junked Vehicle Disposal
(a) A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, may be removed to a scrapyard, a motor vehicle demolisher, or a suitable site...
Last modified: September 28, 2016