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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 521.3451: SUSPENSION OR DENIAL ON ORDER OF JUSTICE OR MUNICIPAL COURT FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT; REINSTATEMENT.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
  3. SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS
  4. CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
  5. SUBCHAPTER O. AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION

(a) The department shall suspend or deny the issuance of a driver's license or learner license on receipt of an order to suspend or deny the issuance of either license from a justice or municipal court under Article 45A.461, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) The department shall reinstate a license suspended or reconsider a license denied under Subsection (a) on receiving notice from the justice or municipal court that ordered the suspension or denial that the contemnor has fully complied with the court's order.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 283, Sec. 56, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1059 (H.B. 3050), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.169, eff. January 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:44Z. Source file · JSON

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