{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.944","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 504.944","heading":"OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITH WRONG LICENSE PLATE.","body":"A person commits an offense if the person operates, or as the owner permits another to operate, on a public highway a motor vehicle that has attached to it a number plate or registration insignia issued for a different vehicle. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.\nTransferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 502.408 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 222, 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 L. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm#504.944","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"50a29d9278dc5c19340532bb2080c5b91ac9ec5c9656d6a773d7e60d5ed63a9d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.943","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-504.945"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}