{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.111","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 501.111","heading":"PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may perfect a security interest in a motor vehicle that is the subject of a first or subsequent sale only by recording the security interest on the title as provided by this chapter.\n(b) A person may perfect a security interest in a motor vehicle held as inventory by a person in the business of selling motor vehicles only by complying with Chapter 9, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\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. 51, 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 F. SECURITY INTERESTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm#501.111","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"01f8725ba17ab0aa32e2e4d9700552838e9d005351b38f993fa278a43b05a833","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.110","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}