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Tex. Transp. Code § 601.166

PAYMENT OF CASH SECURITY

Known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

The act spans §§ 601.001–601.455 (104 sections).

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Cash security may be applied only to the payment of:

(1) a judgment rendered against the person on whose behalf the deposit is made for damages arising out of the collision; or

(2) a settlement, agreed to by the depositor, of a claim arising out of the collision.

(b) For payment under Subsection (a), the action under which the judgment was rendered must have been instituted before the second anniversary of the later of:

(1) the date of the collision; or

(2) the date of the deposit, in the case of a deposit of security under Section 601.162(b).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.