{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-503.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 503.021","heading":"DEALER GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER.","body":"A person may not engage in business as a dealer, directly or indirectly, including by consignment, without a dealer general distinguishing number in one of the categories described by Section 503.029(a)(6) for each location from which the person conducts business as a dealer.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.69(d), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 710 (H.B. 2216), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 503. DEALER'S AND MANUFACTURER'S VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.503.htm#503.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"588ce2f0039beb1100fbe849b197ffe9d8179d9f4c574b42e0cef3a25376c246","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-503.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-503.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}