Texas Transportation Code
§ 502.010 — COUNTY SCOFFLAW
TN § 502.010Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county assessor-collector or the department may refuse to register a motor vehicle if the assessor-collector or the department receives information that the owner of the vehicle:
(1)owes the county money for a fine, fee, or tax that is past due; or
(2)failed to appear in connection with a complaint, citation, information, or indictment in a court in the county in which a criminal proceeding is pending against the owner.
(b)A county may contract with the department to provide information to the department necessary to make a determination under Subsection (a). (b-1) Information that is provided to make a determination under Subsection (a)(1) and that concerns the past due status of a fine or fee imposed for a criminal offense and owed to the county expires on the second anniversary of the date the information was provided and may not be used to refuse registration after that date. Once information about a past due fine or fee is provided under Subsection (b), subsequent information about other fines or fees that are imposed for a criminal offense and that become past due before the second anniversary of the date the initial information was provided may not be used, either before or after the second anniversary of that date, to refuse registration under this section unless the motor vehicle is no longer subject to refusal of registration because of notice received under Subsection (c).
(c)A county that has a contract under Subsection (b) shall notify the department regarding a person for whom the county assessor-collector or the department has refused to register a motor vehicle on:
(1)the person's payment or other means of discharge, including a waiver, of the past due fine, fee, or tax; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.61, eff. January 1, 2020.