{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.612","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.612","heading":"RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND SALE OF TIRES.","body":"(a) A solid rubber tire used on a vehicle must have rubber on the traction surface that extends above the edge of the flange of the periphery.\n(b) A person may not operate or move a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that has a metal tire in contact with the roadway, unless:\n(1) the vehicle is a farm wagon or farm trailer that has a gross weight of less than 5,000 pounds; and\n(2) the owner is transporting farm products to market, for processing, or from farm to farm.\n(c) A tire used on a moving vehicle may not have on its periphery a block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or other protuberance of a material other than rubber that projects beyond the tread of the traction surface, unless the protuberance:\n(1) does not injure the highway; or\n(2) is a tire chain of reasonable proportion that is used as required for safety because of a condition that might cause the vehicle to skid.\n(d) The Texas Transportation Commission and a local authority within its jurisdiction may issue a special permit that authorizes a person to operate a tractor or traction engine that has movable tracks with transverse corrugations on the periphery or a farm tractor or other farm machinery.\n(e) A person commits an offense if the person offers for sale or sells a private passenger automobile tire that is regrooved. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","SUBCHAPTER K. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OTHER VEHICLE EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm#547.612","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"5c620c2694b230b367b436a2a3cc2d70e8f3c6403378e1c9207cb801ab1ed34a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.611","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.613"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}