{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-643.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 643.103","heading":"FILING; EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE; FEES.","body":"(a) A motor carrier that is required to register under Subchapter B must file with the department evidence of insurance in the amounts required by Section 643.101 or 643.1015, or evidence of financial responsibility as described by Section 643.102, in a form prescribed by the department. The form must be filed:\n(1) at the time of the initial registration;\n(2) at the time of a subsequent registration if the motor carrier was required to be continuously registered under Subchapter B and the carrier failed to maintain continuous registration;\n(3) at the time a motor carrier changes insurers; and\n(4) at the time a motor carrier changes ownership, as determined by rules adopted by the department.\n(b) A motor carrier shall keep evidence of insurance in a form approved by the department in the cab of each vehicle requiring registration the carrier operates.\n(c) The department may charge a fee of $100 for a filing under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.150(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 144 (H.B. 1018), Sec. 3, eff. May 24, 2005.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 643. MOTOR CARRIER REGISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER C. INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.643.htm#643.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"925db8bf755763608fb9553cf3cd31d5022c86b538a44cf4043497b729a7af09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-643.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-643.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}