{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.058","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 551A.058","heading":"LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.","body":"(a) A peace officer or other person who provides law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services, including a volunteer firefighter, may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle on a highway that is not an interstate or limited-access highway if:\n(1) the transportation is in connection with the performance of the operator's official duty;\n(2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle a triangular orange flag that is at least six feet above ground level;\n(3) the vehicle's headlights and taillights are illuminated; and\n(4) the operation of the vehicle does not exceed a distance of 10 miles from the point of origin to the destination.\n(b) Notwithstanding Section 551A.052, an off-highway vehicle operated under this section is not required to display a license plate.\nReenacted, transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 663.037(g) by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 32, 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.058","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"acd5279f1465f4343ae1d6de72a8010ef6bc228d163cc123582d883a90ab7b94","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.057","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-551a.059"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}