{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.853","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.853","heading":"SPECIALTY AND PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES ISSUED BEFORE NOVEMBER 19, 2009.","body":"(a) A specialty or personalized license plate issued before November 19, 2009, may be issued for a subsequent registration period only if the applicant submits an application and pays the required fee for the applicable registration period. A person who is issued a personalized license plate has first priority on that license plate for each subsequent registration period for which the person submits a new application for that plate.\n(b) Unless the board by rule adopts a higher fee or the license plate is not renewed annually, the fee for issuance of a license plate issued before November 19, 2009, is:\n(1) the fee provided for in Section 504.601 for a specialty license plate; and\n(2) $40 for a personalized license plate.\n(c) A person who is issued a specialty or personalized license plate by the department before November 19, 2009, may:\n(1) submit an application for the plate under Subsection (a) and pay the required fee for each subsequent registration period under Subsection (b); or\n(2) purchase through the private vendor a license to display the alphanumeric pattern on a license plate for any term allowed by law.\n(d) The department may not issue a replacement set of personalized license plates to the same person before the period set by rule unless the applicant for issuance of replacement plates pays an additional fee of $30.\n(e) Of each fee collected by the department under Subsection (b)(2):\n(1) $1.25 shall be used by the department to defray the cost of administering this section; and\n(2) the remainder shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1381 (S.B. 1616), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 217, 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 J. MARKETING OF SPECIALTY PLATES THROUGH PRIVATE VENDOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.853","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f788b2e8b5b2806f8efd628190ffd39a1d64812cd6b253ef22cbabac4729db00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.852","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.854"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}