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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Subtitle A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
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Chapter 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT |
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Subchapter B. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIREMENTS |
Sec. 501.021. TITLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
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(a) A motor vehicle title issued by the department must include:
(1) the name and address of each purchaser and seller at the first sale or a subsequent sale;
(2) the make of the motor vehicle;
(3) the body type of the vehicle;
(4) the manufacturer's permanent vehicle identification number of the vehicle or the vehicle's motor number if the vehicle was manufactured before the date that stamping a permanent identification number on a motor vehicle was universally adopted;
(5) the serial number for the vehicle;
(6) the name and address of each lienholder and the date of each lien on the vehicle, listed in the chronological order in which the lien was recorded;
(7) a statement indicating rights of survivorship under Section 501.031;
(8) if the vehicle has an odometer, the odometer reading at the time of application for the title; and
(9) any other information required by the department.
(b) A printed certificate of title must bear the following statement on its face:
"UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW TO SIGN THE NAME OF ANOTHER PERSON ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR OTHERWISE GIVE FALSE INFORMATION ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE."
(c) A title for a motor vehicle that has been the subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, must contain on its face a notice sufficient to inform a purchaser that the motor vehicle has been the subject of an ordered repurchase or replacement.