Texas Transportation Code

§ 501.0521 — COURT ORDERED TITLE CHANGES

TN § 501.0521Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT · Art. C. REFUSAL TO ISSUE, REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR ALTERATION OF CERTIFICATE

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(a)A justice of the peace or municipal court judge may not issue an order related to a title except as provided by Chapter 47, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 27.031(a)(3), Government Code.

(b)A county or district court judge may not order the department to change the type of title for:

(1)a nonrepairable vehicle titled after September 1, 2003; or

(2)a vehicle for which the department has issued a certificate of authority under Section 683.054.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2013.