SEIZURE OF STOLEN VEHICLE OR VEHICLE WITH ALTERED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
Known as the Certificate of Title Act
The act spans §§ 501.001 to 501.179 (103 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Dallas v. VSC, LLC (2011)
Most recently applied in City of Dallas v. VSC, LLC (July 2011)
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) A peace officer may seize a vehicle or part of a vehicle without a warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the vehicle or part:
(1) is stolen; or
(2) has had the serial number removed, altered, or obliterated.
(b) A vehicle or part seized under this section may be treated as stolen property for purposes of custody and disposition of the vehicle or part.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.