{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2302.204","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2302.204","heading":"CASUAL SALES.","body":"This chapter does not apply to a person who purchases fewer than five nonrepairable motor vehicles or salvage motor vehicles from a salvage vehicle dealer, an insurance company or salvage pool operator in a casual sale at auction, except that:\n(1) the board shall adopt rules as necessary to regulate casual sales by salvage vehicle dealers, insurance companies, or salvage pool operators and to enforce this section; and\n(2) a salvage vehicle dealer, insurance company, or salvage pool operator who sells a motor vehicle in a casual sale shall comply with those rules and Subchapter E, Chapter 501, Transportation Code.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 17.07, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3097), Sec. 3I.09, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 245, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 14. REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATION","SUBTITLE A. REGULATIONS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 2302. SALVAGE VEHICLE DEALERS","SUBCHAPTER E. CONDUCTING BUSINESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2302.htm#2302.204","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"def09604cd26be537db2c3ccc3c1b49d77068c15531b0368120e6aad4e213395","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2302.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2302.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}