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.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 542 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 , Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2012.