Texas Transportation Code

§ 503.096 — TOWING OF VEHICLES

TN § 503.096Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 503. DEALER'S AND MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES · Art. D. ENFORCEMENT

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(a)If a person is engaged in business as a dealer in violation of Section 503.021, a peace officer may cause a vehicle that is being offered for sale by the person to be towed from the location where the vehicle is being offered for sale and stored at a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2308.002, Occupations Code.

(b)A peace officer may cause the vehicle to be towed under Subsection (a) only if:

(1)the peace officer has a probable cause that the vehicle is being offered for sale by a person engaged in business as a dealer in violation of Section 503.021;

(2)the peace officer has complied with the notice requirements under Subsection (c); and

(3)the notice under Subsection (c) was attached to the vehicle not less than two hours before the vehicle is caused to be towed.

(c)Before a vehicle may be towed under Subsection (a), a peace officer, an appropriate local government employee, or an investigator employed by the department must attach a conspicuous notice to the vehicle's front windshield or, if the vehicle has no front windshield, to a conspicuous part of the vehicle stating:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 693 (H.B. 2690), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.