{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-683.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 683.011","heading":"AUTHORITY TO TAKE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE INTO CUSTODY.","body":"(a) A law enforcement agency may take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor found on public or private property.\n(b) A law enforcement agency may use agency personnel, equipment, and facilities or contract for other personnel, equipment, and facilities to remove, preserve, store, send notice regarding, and dispose of an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor taken into custody by the agency under this subchapter.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 737 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 683. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER B. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES: SEIZURE AND AUCTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.683.htm#683.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"9975121f1d9e03bbc911b8a4e4ae3426a86f1cb281477900957ae7c10053f38b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-683.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-683.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}