Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 501.09111 - Rights and Limitations of Nonrepairable Vehicle Title, Nonrepairable Record of Title, Salvage Vehicle Title, or Salvage Record of Title(a) A person who owns a nonrepairable motor vehicle:(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, record a lien as provided for in Section 501.097(a)(3)(A), and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and(2) may not: (A) operate or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law;(B) repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle; or(C) register the motor vehicle.(b) A person who holds a nonrepairable certificate of title issued prior to September 1, 2003, is entitled to the same rights listed in Subsection (a) and may repair, rebuild, or reconstruct the motor vehicle.(c) A person who owns a salvage motor vehicle:(1) is entitled to possess, transport, dismantle, scrap, destroy, repair, rebuild, reconstruct, record a lien on, and sell, transfer, or release ownership of the motor vehicle or a used part from the motor vehicle; and(2) may not operate, register, or permit the operation of the motor vehicle on a public highway, in addition to any other requirement of law.Tex. Transp. Code § 501.09111
Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 501.098 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 37, eff. January 1, 2012.