Texas Transportation Code 601.159 – Procedures for Suspension of Driver’s License and Vehicle Registration or Privilege
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 601.159
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The department shall suspend the driver’s license and each vehicle registration of an owner or operator or the nonresident’s operating privilege of an owner or operator unless:
(1) if a hearing is not requested, the person, not later than the 20th day after the date the notice under § 601.155 was personally served or sent:
(A) delivers or mails to the department a written request for a hearing;
(B) shows that this subchapter does not apply to the person; or
(C) complies with § 601.153; or
(2) the person complies with § 601.153 not later than the 20th day after:
(A) the date of the expiration of the period in which an appeal may be brought, if the determination at a hearing is rendered against the owner or operator and the owner or operator does not appeal; or
(B) the date of a decision against the person following the appeal.