2008 Texas Transportation Code 501.104 – Rebuilder To Possess Title Or Other Documentation
501.104. REBUILDER TO POSSESS TITLE OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION. (a) This section applies only to:
(1) a rebuilder licensed as a salvage vehicle dealer;
(2) a person engaged in the business of a rebuilder, regardless of whether the person is licensed to engage in that business; or
(3) a person engaged in the casual repair, rebuilding, or reconstruction of fewer than three motor vehicles in the same 12-month period.
(b) A person described by Subsection (a) must possess:
(1) a regular certificate of title, nonrepairable vehicle title, salvage vehicle title, or comparable out-of-state ownership document for any motor vehicle that is:
(A) owned by the person;
(B) in the person’s inventory; and
(C) being offered for resale; or
(2) a contract entered into with the owner, a work order, or another document that shows the authority for the person to possess any motor vehicle that is:
(A) owned by another person;
(B) on the person’s business or casual premises; and
(C) being repaired, rebuilt, or reconstructed for the other person.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.43(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Transportation Code, Sec. 501.0929 and amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 17.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.