{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 501.003","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"This chapter shall be liberally construed to lessen and prevent:\n(1) the theft of motor vehicles;\n(2) the importation into this state of and traffic in motor vehicles that are stolen; and\n(3) the sale of an encumbered motor vehicle without the enforced disclosure to the purchaser of a lien secured by the vehicle.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm#501.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"9f2b4e0dde55e4baa65d6bbac44910c9aefbc576be9e7672a2cc8dffb77c084b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}