{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.0521","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 501.0521","heading":"COURT ORDERED TITLE CHANGES.","body":"(a) A justice of the peace or municipal court judge may not issue an order related to a title except as provided by Chapter 47, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 27.031(a)(3), Government Code.\n(b) A county or district court judge may not order the department to change the type of title for:\n(1) a nonrepairable vehicle titled after September 1, 2003; or\n(2) a vehicle for which the department has issued a certificate of authority under Section 683.054.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. REFUSAL TO ISSUE, REVOCATION, SUSPENSION, OR ALTERATION OF CERTIFICATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm#501.0521","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"761b3077888c864e03329d4e8d5cbbb69126301f076cc6e4f2b7916583c93948","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}