{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.048","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 502.048","heading":"REFUSAL TO REGISTER UNSAFE VEHICLE.","body":"The department may refuse to register a motor vehicle and may cancel, suspend, or revoke a registration if the department determines that a motor vehicle is unsafe, improperly equipped, or otherwise unfit to be operated on a public highway.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.005 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 86, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.502.htm#502.048","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"b78aeb58fc6d7f2aa349bf2bd0ebbc12f831341e056f791695014bee9ab46496","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.047","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}