{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-284.213","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 284.213","heading":"SEIZURE OF TRANSPONDERS.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, \"transponder\" means a device, placed on or within a motor vehicle, that is capable of transmitting information used to assess or to collect tolls. A transponder is insufficiently funded when there are no remaining funds in the account in connection with which the transponder was issued.\n(b) Any peace officer of this state may seize a stolen or insufficiently funded transponder and return it to the county, except that an insufficiently funded transponder may not be seized sooner than the 30th day after the date the county has sent a notice of delinquency to the holder of the account.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 372, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE D. ROAD LAWS RELATING TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES","CHAPTER 284. CAUSEWAYS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, TURNPIKES, FERRIES, AND HIGHWAYS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER D. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF TOLL ROADS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.284.htm#284.213","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"cabbe5da2c860e88e3ebfa67d1cc116f43c6cd2c8dd377980cd5214174368706","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-284.212","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-285.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}