SALE OF VEHICLE; TRANSFER OF TITLE
Known as the Certificate of Title Act
The act spans §§ 501–501 (103 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Tyler Car & Truck Center v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Co. (1999)
Most recently applied in Vibbert v. Par, Inc. (March 2006)
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Except as provided by Sections 503.036 and 503.039, a motor vehicle may not be the subject of a subsequent sale unless the owner designated on the title submits a transfer of ownership of the title.
(b) The transfer of the title must be in a manner prescribed by the department that:
(1) certifies the purchaser is the owner of the vehicle; and
(2) certifies there are no liens on the vehicle or provides a release of each lien on the vehicle.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.