{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.508","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.508","heading":"TOW TRUCKS.","body":"(a) The department shall issue specialty license plates for a commercial motor vehicle used as a tow truck. The license plates must include the words \"Tow Truck.\" A vehicle used commercially as a tow truck shall display license plates issued under this section.\n(b) There is no fee for issuance of the license plates.\n(c) Proof of eligibility for license plates under this section must include a copy of the permit certificate issued by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for the tow truck.\n(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296, Sec. 247(19), eff. January 1, 2012.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1320, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (H.B. 2094), Sec. 3.05, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2553), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 247(19), eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 504. LICENSE PLATES","SUBCHAPTER F. SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATES WITH RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION AND REGULAR LICENSE PLATE FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.508","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"dcc2756b3496c026a3eede9e8496d46112bccb29b774ad02d800e715b73c12de","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.507","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}