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Tex. Transp. Code § 501.003 (2026)

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Sec. 501.003. PURPOSE. This chapter shall be liberally construed to lessen and prevent:

(1) the theft of motor vehicles;

(2) the importation into this state of and traffic in motor vehicles that are stolen; and

(3) the sale of an encumbered motor vehicle without the enforced disclosure to the purchaser of a lien secured by the vehicle.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2004–2017 · leading case: First Nat. Bank of El Campo, Texas v. Buss, 143 S.W.3d 915 (Tex. App. 2004).
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First Nat. Bank of El Campo, Texas v. Buss, 143 S.W.3d 915 (Tex. App. 2004). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 501.003 (Vernon 1999).”
Vibbert v. Par, Inc., 224 S.W.3d 317 (Tex. App. 2006). “Tex.Transp.Code Ann. § 501.003 (Vernon 1999); First National Bank, 143 S.”
Clark Contracting Servs. v. Fin. (Clark Contracting Servs., Inc.), 399 B.R. 789 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 2008). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Transp. Code, § 501.003. 10 Adds a recent commentator, with regard to the difference in approaches between the UCC and the Certificate of Title Act: Article 9 was intended in large part to wire' around the historical aversion to non-possessory security interests in…”
NXCESS Motor Cars, Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 317 S.W.3d 462 (Tex. App. 2010). “; Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 501.003 (3) (Vernon 2007).”
Esmeralda Martinez v. Ford Motor Credit Co. Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC Ford Motor Credit in Its Assumed or Common Name (Tex. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 501.003 (West Supp.”
Sunny Letot v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n (Tex. App. 2016). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 501.003 (West 2012); see also Martinez v.”
Sunny Letot v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n (Tex. App. 2017). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 501.003 (West 2012); see also Martinez v.”
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