Texas Transportation Code 601.338 – Evidence of Financial Responsibility or Suspension of Driver’s License and Vehicle Registration of Owner of Motor Vehicle
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(a) The department shall suspend the driver’s license and vehicle registrations of the owner of a motor vehicle that was used with the owner’s consent by another person at the time of an offense resulting in conviction or a plea of guilty, if under state law the department:
(1) suspends or revokes the driver’s license of the other person on receipt of a record of a conviction; or
(2) suspends the vehicle registration of the other person on receipt of a record of a plea of guilty.
(b) The department may not suspend the driver’s license and vehicle registration of an owner under this section if the owner files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department for each motor vehicle registered in the name of the owner.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 601.338
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- 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
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.