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Texas Transportation Code § 601.262

Duration of Impoundment

Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act · Failure to Maintain Evidence of Financial Responsibility; Impoundment of Motor Vehicle

(a) The duration of an impoundment under Section 601.261 is 180 days.

(b) The court may not order the release of the vehicle unless the defendant applies to the court for the vehicle's release and provides evidence of financial responsibility that complies with Section 601.053 and this section.

(c) The evidence of financial responsibility must cover the two-year period immediately following the date the defendant applies for release of the impounded vehicle. The court, by order, shall permit a defendant to provide evidence of insurability in increments of a period of not less than six months.

(d) If an insurance binder is offered as evidence of financial responsibility under this section, the binder must confirm to the court's satisfaction that the defendant is in compliance with this chapter for the period required by Subsection (c).

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

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (H.B. 586), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

This section refers to

§ 601.261§ 601.053

Sections that refer to this one

§ 601.266