This section lets certain salvage-vehicle owners apply for a regular title after repair or rebuilding, requires specific application details and a $65 rebuilder fee, and bars the department from issuing a regular title based on listed documents.
Sec. 501.100. APPLICATION FOR REGULAR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR SALVAGE VEHICLE. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle for which a nonrepairable vehicle title issued prior to September 1, 2003, or for which a salvage vehicle title or salvage record of title has been issued may apply for a title after the motor vehicle has been repaired, rebuilt, or reconstructed and, in addition to any other requirement of law, only if the application: (1) describes each major component part used to repair the motor vehicle; (2) states the name of each person from whom the parts used in assembling the vehicle were obtained; and (3) shows the identification number required by federal law to be affixed to or inscribed on the part. (b) On receipt of a complete application under this section accompanied by the fee for the title, the department shall issue the applicant a title. (c) A title issued under this section must describe or disclose the motor vehicle's former condition in a manner reasonably understandable to a potential purchaser of the motor vehicle. (d) In addition to the fee described by Subsection (b), the applicant shall pay a $65 rebuilder fee. The applicant shall include the fee with the statement submitted under Section 502.156 for the vehicle. (e) On or after the 31st day after the date the department receives a rebuilder fee under Subsection (d), the department shall deposit $50 of the fee to the credit of the state highway fund to be used only by the Department of Public Safety to enforce this chapter and $15 to the credit of the general revenue fund. (f) The department may not issue a regular title for a motor vehicle based on a: (1) nonrepairable vehicle title or comparable out-of-state ownership document; (2) receipt issued under Section 501.1003(b); or (3) certificate of authority. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.43(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Transportation Code, Sec. 501.0922, 501.0923 as consolidated and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 17.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 43, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 57, eff. September 1, 2013.