{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 601.151","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.","body":"(a) This subchapter applies only to a motor vehicle collision in this state that results in bodily injury or death or in damage to the property of one person of at least $1,000.\n(b) This subchapter does not apply to:\n(1) an owner or operator who has in effect at the time of the collision a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that covers the motor vehicle involved in the collision;\n(2) an operator who is not the owner of the motor vehicle, if a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or bond for the operation of a motor vehicle the person does not own is in effect at the time of the collision;\n(3) an owner or operator whose liability for damages resulting from the collision, in the judgment of the department, is covered by another liability insurance policy or bond;\n(4) an owner or operator, if there was not bodily injury to or damage of the property of a person other than the owner or operator;\n(5) the owner or operator of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was legally parked or legally stopped at a traffic signal;\n(6) the owner of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was being operated without the owner's express or implied permission or was parked by a person who had been operating the vehicle without that permission; or\n(7) a person qualifying as a self-insurer under Section 601.124 or a person operating a motor vehicle for a self-insurer.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 73, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE D. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 601. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER F. SECURITY FOLLOWING COLLISION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm#601.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"63d3d2a544b61156195fb50e296740269235d2a5c49124d44bfd645fa6852b0d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.124","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}