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Tex. Transp. Code § 601.331

REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT

Known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

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

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case David Eoff v. Central Mutual Insurance Company (2015)

Most recently applied in David Eoff v. Central Mutual Insurance Company (April 2015)

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

(a) If a person does not satisfy a judgment before the 61st day after the date of the judgment, the clerk of the court, on the written request of a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor's attorney, immediately shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the department.

(b) The clerk of the court immediately shall send to the department a certified copy of the action of the court in relation to:

(1) a conviction for a violation of a motor vehicle law; or

(2) a guilty plea or forfeiture of bail by a person charged with violation of a motor vehicle law.

(c) A certified copy sent to the department under Subsection (b) is prima facie evidence of the conviction, plea, forfeiture, or other action.

(d) If the court does not have a clerk, the judge of the court shall send the certified copy required by this section.

(e) If the defendant named in a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of issuing driver's licenses and vehicle registrations of the state, province of Canada, or state of Mexico in which the defendant resides.

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