{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-681.0111","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 681.0111","heading":"MANUFACTURE, SALE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERED PLACARD.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, without the department's authorization, the person:\n(1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a placard that is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard; or\n(2) alters a genuine disabled parking placard.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly parks a vehicle displaying a counterfeit or altered placard in a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.\n(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C misdemeanor.\n(d) For purposes of this section, a placard is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard if the placard is not a genuine disabled parking placard but a reasonable person would presume that it is a genuine disabled parking placard.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 400, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 1473), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 1473), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 681. PRIVILEGED PARKING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.681.htm#681.0111","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"c669a558400b468bb970ced30e1a2993d58559523687ed44cba1a060ff584f3c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-681.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-681.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}