Sec. 501.1003. SALVAGE DEALER RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) If a salvage vehicle dealer acquires ownership of a nonrepairable motor vehicle or salvage motor vehicle for the purpose of dismantling, scrapping, or destroying the motor vehicle, the dealer shall, before the 31st day after the date the dealer acquires the motor vehicle, submit to the department a report stating that the motor vehicle will be dismantled, scrapped, or destroyed. The dealer shall:
(1) make the report in a manner prescribed by the department; and
(2) submit with the report a properly assigned manufacturer's certificate of origin, regular certificate of title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, or comparable out-of-state ownership document for the motor vehicle.
(b) After receiving the report and title or document, the department shall issue the salvage vehicle dealer a receipt for the manufacturer's certificate of origin, regular certificate of title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, or comparable out-of-state ownership document.
(c) The department shall adopt rules to notify the salvage dealer if the vehicle was not issued a printed title, but has a record of title in the department's titling system.
Redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 501.096 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 46, eff. January 1, 2012.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle A - Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles
Chapter 501 - Certificate of Title Act
Subchapter E. Nonrepairable and Salvage Motor Vehicles
Section 501.09112. Appearance of Nonrepairable Vehicle Title or Salvage Vehicle Title
Section 501.09113. Out-of-State Salvage or Rebuilt Salvage Vehicle
Section 501.0935. Issuance of Title to Salvage Pool Operator
Section 501.095. Sale, Transfer, or Release
Section 501.097. Application for Nonrepairable Vehicle Title or Salvage Vehicle Title
Section 501.099. Sale of Export-Only Motor Vehicles
Section 501.100. Application for Regular Certificate of Title for Salvage Vehicle
Section 501.1002. Owner-Retained Vehicles
Section 501.1003. Salvage Dealer Responsibilities
Section 501.104. Rebuilder to Possess Title or Other Documentation
Section 501.107. Applicability of Subchapter to Recycler