Operation Without Payment of Tax

Taxes on Sale, Rental, and Use of Motor Vehicles · Penalties

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly operates a motor vehicle on a highway of this state without paying the tax imposed by this chapter on the vehicle.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Official text of the Texas Tax Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1595, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 442, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.