REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
The act spans §§ 601–601 (104 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Gonzalez-Gilando v. State (2010)
Most recently applied in 162 F. Supp. 3d 565 - United States v. Broca-Martinez (February 2016)
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 person may not operate a motor vehicle in this state unless financial responsibility is established for that vehicle through:
(1) a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that complies with Subchapter D;
(2) a surety bond filed under Section 601.121;
(3) a deposit under Section 601.122;
(4) a deposit under Section 601.123; or
(5) self-insurance under Section 601.124.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.