Texas Transportation Code
§ 504.946 — DECEPTIVELY SIMILAR LICENSE PLATE
TN § 504.946Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 504. LICENSE PLATES · Art. L. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)manufactures, sells, or possesses a license plate deceptively similar to a license plate issued by the department; or
(2)makes a copy or likeness of a license plate deceptively similar to a license plate issued by the department with intent to sell the copy or likeness.
(b)For the purposes of this section, a license plate is deceptively similar to a license plate issued by the department if it is not prescribed by the department but a reasonable person would presume that it was prescribed by the department.
(c)A district or county court, on application of the attorney general or of the district attorney or prosecuting attorney performing the duties of the district attorney for the district in which the court is located, may enjoin a violation or threatened violation of this section on a showing that a violation has occurred or is likely to occur.
(d)It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the license plate was produced pursuant to a licensing agreement with the department.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 84, eff. September 1, 2013.