Texas Transportation Code 601.340 – Evidence of Financial Responsibility or Suspension of Vehicle Registration Following Suspension or Revocation of Driver’s License
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department shall suspend the registration of each motor vehicle registered in the name of a person if the department:
(1) under any state law, other than § 521.341(7), suspends or revokes the person’s driver’s license on receipt of a record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail; or
(2) receives a record of a guilty plea of the person entered for an offense for which the department would be required to suspend the driver’s license of a person convicted of the offense.
(b) The department, unless otherwise required by law, may not suspend a registration under Subsection (a) if the person files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department for each motor vehicle registered in the name of the person.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 601.340
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- 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.
(c) This section does not apply to a suspension of a driver’s license for an offense under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an offense that includes confinement as an authorized sanction.