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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. 501.032. ASSIGNMENT OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BY DEPARTMENT
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(a) On proper application, the department shall assign a vehicle identification number to a travel trailer, a trailer or semitrailer that has a gross vehicle weight that exceeds 4,000 pounds, or an item of equipment, including a tractor, farm implement, unit of special mobile equipment, or unit of off-road construction equipment on which:
(1) a vehicle identification number was not die-stamped by the manufacturer; or
(2) a vehicle identification number die-stamped by the manufacturer has been lost, removed, or obliterated.
(b) The applicant shall die-stamp the assigned vehicle identification number at the place designated by the department on the travel trailer, trailer, semitrailer, or equipment.
(c) The manufacturer's vehicle identification number or the vehicle identification number assigned by the department shall be affixed on the carriage or axle part of the travel trailer, trailer, or semitrailer. The department shall use the number as the major identification of the vehicle in the issuance of a title.