{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.195","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 601.195","heading":"OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K;\n(2) does not maintain evidence of financial responsibility; and\n(3) during the period evidence of financial responsibility must be maintained:\n(A) operates on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person; or\n(B) knowingly permits another person, who is not otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle under this chapter, to operate on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person.\n(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:\n(1) a fine not to exceed $500;\n(2) confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed six months; or\n(3) both the fine and the confinement.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE D. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 601. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER G. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR OTHERWISE ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm#601.195","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"71c9919a34f1f60d494e63e5dded9a43f6f407f31a11321e0ba9322c72b7cc4d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.194","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}