{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.159","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 601.159","heading":"PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR PRIVILEGE.","body":"The department shall suspend the driver's license and each vehicle registration of an owner or operator or the nonresident's operating privilege of an owner or operator unless:\n(1) if a hearing is not requested, the person, not later than the 20th day after the date the notice under Section 601.155 was personally served or sent:\n(A) delivers or mails to the department a written request for a hearing;\n(B) shows that this subchapter does not apply to the person; or\n(C) complies with Section 601.153; or\n(2) the person complies with Section 601.153 not later than the 20th day after:\n(A) the date of the expiration of the period in which an appeal may be brought, if the determination at a hearing is rendered against the owner or operator and the owner or operator does not appeal; or\n(B) the date of a decision against the person following the appeal.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 3376), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017.","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#601.159","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"f6b36b5ef328759595f9e03be41929ac04f699210b81b37dd40e746fc5a1de1a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.158","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}