{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.052","heading":"REGISTRATION; LICENSE PLATES.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 502.140(c), the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may not register an off-highway vehicle for operation on a highway regardless of whether any alteration has been made to the vehicle.\n(b) An operator may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle on a highway in a manner authorized by this subchapter only if the vehicle displays a license plate issued under this section.\n(c) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles:\n(1) shall by rule establish a procedure to issue license plates for unregistered off-highway vehicles; and\n(2) may charge a fee not to exceed $10 for the cost of the license plate, to be deposited to the credit of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund.\n(d) An off-highway vehicle license plate issued under Subsection (c) does not expire. A person who becomes the owner of an off-highway vehicle for which the previous owner obtained a license plate may not use the previous owner's license plate.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 31, eff. June 14, 2019.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 551A. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER D. OPERATION ON HIGHWAY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.551A.htm#551A.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"fa6921f168988be882a2e6304e885b6f00de22a14c0350fd52edf073895de67b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}