(a) Immediately on receipt of a motor vehicle, a salvage vehicle dealer shall remove any unexpired license plates from the vehicle and place the license plates in a secure, locked place.
(b) A salvage vehicle dealer shall maintain on a form provided by the department an inventory of unexpired license plates removed under Subsection (a). The inventory must include:
(1) each license plate number;
(2) the make of the motor vehicle from which the license plate was removed;
(3) the motor number of that vehicle; and
(4) the vehicle identification number of that vehicle.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.