{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.480","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 502.480","heading":"VIOLATION BY COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR; PENALTY.","body":"(a) A county assessor-collector commits an offense if the county assessor-collector knowingly accepts an application for the registration of a motor vehicle that:\n(1) has had the original motor number or vehicle identification number removed, erased, or destroyed; and\n(2) does not bear a motor number or vehicle identification number assigned by the department.\n(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $50.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 520.014 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 161, 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 K. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.502.htm#502.480","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"69e638ab3eb9b56d40b2c78c3f750f6e4fe6dedf1ff534552eb9b5fc39337717","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.479","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.491"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}