{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.043","heading":"ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN UNNECESSARY RECORDS.","body":"The department is not required to maintain records relating to a person if the director decides that the records are no longer necessary, except that the department shall maintain a record of a conviction as long as the record may be used:\n(1) as grounds for a license cancellation, suspension, revocation, or denial; or\n(2) in conjunction with other records of convictions, to establish that a person is a frequent violator of traffic laws.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"7fc0a7a3d337bae82dd30f84ec33ee9cebb203b3f4aec4b7f852e45b8544d9e1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}