{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-1001.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 1001.103","heading":"DIGITAL SIGNATURE.","body":"(a) A license application received by the department is considered signed if a digital signature is transmitted with the application and intended by the applicant to authenticate the license in accordance with Subsection (b).\n(b) The department may only accept a digital signature used to authenticate a license application under procedures that:\n(1) comply with any applicable rules of another state agency having jurisdiction over department use or acceptance of a digital signature; and\n(2) provide for consideration of factors that may affect a digital signature's reliability, including whether a digital signature is:\n(A) unique to the person using it;\n(B) capable of independent verification;\n(C) under the sole control of the person using it; and\n(D) transmitted in a manner that makes it infeasible to change the data in the communication or digital signature without invalidating the digital signature.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE M. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 1001. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT","SUBCHAPTER D. ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF LICENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.1001.htm#1001.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"63be8dd8eadbe425ddfbe4ee6deb026ea83028b25d5d3a5e0cafd2167037d913","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-1001.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-1001.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}