Section 221.51 - Duty to Identify Motor Vehicles Offered for Sale(a) A salvage vehicle dealer shall place a notice on each salvage motor vehicle it displays or offers for sale that: (1) is visible from outside of the salvage motor vehicle;(2) contains lettering that is two inches or more in height identifying the vehicle is a salvage motor vehicle; and(3) states as follows: "This is a salvage titled vehicle that cannot be operated on a public highway. If the salvaged vehicle is to be registered in Texas, the purchaser must apply to a county tax assessor-collector's office, surrender the salvage title, submit the required information on repairs that have been made to the vehicle and pay the applicable fees before the vehicle may be titled and/or registered to operate on the public highway."(b) Upon the sale of a salvage motor vehicle, a salvage vehicle dealer shall obtain the purchaser's signature to a disclosure statement written in eleven point or larger font that states as follows: "I, (name of purchaser), acknowledge that at the time of purchase, I am aware that: the vehicle is titled on a salvage title; if I intend to operate the vehicle on a public highway in Texas, I am responsible for applying for a title for this salvage vehicle through a Texas county tax assessor-collector's office accompanied by the required forms showing that repairs have been made to the vehicle; I am responsible for paying the applicable fees; and, I may not drive this salvage vehicle on a public highway until after a titled branded rebuilt salvage and registration have been issued."(c) A salvage vehicle dealer shall place a sign on each nonrepairable motor vehicle it displays or offers for sale that: (1) is visible from outside of the nonrepairable motor vehicle;(2) contains lettering that is two inches or more in height; and(3) states as follows: "This is a nonrepairable titled motor vehicle that can never be operated on a public highway of this state."(d) Upon the sale of a nonrepairable motor vehicle, a salvage vehicle dealer shall obtain the purchaser's signature to a disclosure statement written in eleven point or larger font that states as follows: "I, (name of purchaser), acknowledge that at the time of purchase, I am aware that the vehicle is a nonrepairable vehicle; this vehicle will never be able to operate on a public highway of this state and will never be registered to operate on a public highway of this state; and, before selling this nonrepairable vehicle I must have the nonrepairable vehicle titled in my name."(e) A salvage vehicle dealer shall maintain a copy of the written disclosures required by this section as part of its records of sales in accordance with § 221.73 of this title (relating to Content of Records).(f) The notice requirements of subsections (a) and (c) can be met if the salvage vehicle dealer conspicuously displays a permanent sign that all of the vehicles being offered for sale by the salvage vehicle dealer are salvage motor vehicles or non-repairable motor vehicles.(g) If the salvage vehicle dealer conducts a sale of a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable motor vehicle in Spanish or other foreign language, the notices and disclosures required by this section shall be in that language.(h) This section does not apply to a vehicle that is displayed or offered for sale by a salvage vehicle dealer who operates solely as a salvage pool operator and only sells vehicles at wholesale.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 221.51
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 49, December 4, 2015, TexReg 8808, eff. 12/9/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 17, April 26, 2024, TexReg 2767, eff. 6/1/2024