Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Chapter 730 - Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act

• Texas Section 730.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 730.002 - Purpose
  The purpose of this chapter is to implement 18 U.S.C. Chapter 123 and to protect the interest of an individual in the individual's personal privacy...
• Texas Section 730.003 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Agency" includes any agency or political subdivision of this state, or an authorized agent or contractor of an agency or political...
• Texas Section 730.004 - Prohibition On Disclosure And Use Of Personal Information From Motor Vehicle Records
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including Chapter 552, Government Code, except as provided by Sections 730.005-730.007, an agency may not disclose...
• Texas Section 730.005 - Required Disclosure
  Personal information obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record shall be disclosed for use in connection with any matter of: (1)...
• Texas Section 730.006 - Required Disclosure With Consent
  Personal information obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record shall be disclosed to a requestor who demonstrates, in such form and...
• Texas Section 730.007 - Permitted Disclosures
  (a) Personal information obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record may be disclosed to any requestor by an agency if the...
• Texas Section 730.010 - Disclosure Of Thumb Or Finger Images Prohibited
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an agency obtains an image of an individual's thumb or finger in connection with the issuance of...
• Texas Section 730.011 - Fees
  Unless a fee is imposed by law, an agency that has obtained information in connection with a motor vehicle may adopt reasonable fees for disclosure...
• Texas Section 730.012 - Additional Conditions
  (a) In addition to the payment of a fee adopted under Section 730.011, an agency may require a requestor to provide reasonable assurance: (1) as...
• Texas Section 730.013 - Resale Or Redisclosure
  (a) An authorized recipient of personal information may not resell or redisclose the personal information in the identical or a substantially identical format the personal...
• Texas Section 730.014 - Agency Rules; Organization Of Records
  (a) Each agency may adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter. (b) An agency that maintains motor vehicle records in relation to motor vehicles...
• Texas Section 730.015 - Penalty For False Representation
  (a) A person who requests the disclosure of personal information from an agency's records under this chapter and misrepresents the person's identity or who makes...
• Texas Section 730.016 - Ineligibility Of Certain Persons To Receive Personal Information
  (a) A person who is convicted of an offense under this chapter, or who violates a rule adopted by an agency relating to the terms...

Last modified: September 28, 2016