Texas Transportation Code

§ 502.480 — VIOLATION BY COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR; PENALTY

TN § 502.480Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Ch. 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES · Art. K. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES

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(a)A county assessor-collector commits an offense if the county assessor-collector knowingly accepts an application for the registration of a motor vehicle that:

(1)has had the original motor number or vehicle identification number removed, erased, or destroyed; and

(2)does not bear a motor number or vehicle identification number assigned by the department.

(b)An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $50.

Legislative history

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 520.014 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 161, eff. January 1, 2012.