{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-721.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 721.005","heading":"EXEMPTION FROM INSCRIPTION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality may exempt from the requirements of Section 721.004:\n(1) an automobile when used to perform an official duty by a:\n(A) police department;\n(B) magistrate as defined by Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal Procedure;\n(C) medical examiner;\n(D) municipal code enforcement officer designated to enforce environmental criminal laws; or\n(E) municipal fire marshal or arson investigator; or\n(2) an automobile used by a municipal employee only when conducting an investigation involving suspected fraud or other mismanagement within the municipality.\n(b) The commissioners court of a county may exempt from the requirements of Section 721.004:\n(1) an automobile when used to perform an official duty by a:\n(A) police department;\n(B) sheriff's office;\n(C) constable's office;\n(D) criminal district attorney's office;\n(E) district attorney's office;\n(F) county attorney's office;\n(G) magistrate as defined by Article 2A.151, Code of Criminal Procedure;\n(H) county fire marshal's office; or\n(I) medical examiner; or\n(2) a juvenile probation department vehicle used to transport children, when used to perform an official duty.\n(c) An exemption provided under this section does not apply to a contract deputy.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 355, Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 46, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.38, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 66, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (S.B. 526), Sec. 1, eff. May 8, 2007.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.179, eff. January 1, 2025.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE J. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 721. INSCRIPTION REQUIRED ON STATE, MUNICIPAL, AND COUNTY MOTOR VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.721.htm#721.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"166aed5636fffb8e39f4d25fb8a1ca30a1dffd2e038e84dce0a322ab1470889b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-721.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-721.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}