{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.403","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.403","heading":"STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES.","body":"(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for a current or visiting state or federal judge. Except as provided by Subsection (b), the license plates must include the words \"State Judge\" or \"U.S. Judge,\" as appropriate.\n(b) A person entitled to license plates under this section may elect to receive license plates that do not include the words \"State Judge\" or \"U.S. Judge.\"\n(c) In this section, \"state judge\" means:\n(1) a justice of the supreme court;\n(2) a judge of the court of criminal appeals;\n(3) a judge of a court of appeals of this state;\n(4) a district court judge;\n(5) a presiding judge of an administrative judicial district; or\n(6) a statutory county court judge.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 44(a)(4), eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 187, eff. January 1, 2012.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 188, eff. January 1, 2012.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 247(13), eff. January 1, 2012.\nReenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 296 (S.B. 2141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 504. LICENSE PLATES","SUBCHAPTER E. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES WITH RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.403","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"3de6c7bc0b1439ac645aa8a46bb2cb02193020ad567d51db8928d1ff704f2a39","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.402","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}