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Tex. Transp. Code § 521.021 (2026)

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Sec. 521.021. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person, other than a person expressly exempted under this chapter, may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the person holds a driver's license issued under this chapter.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 41 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case: York v. State, 342 S.W.3d 528 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011).
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York v. State, 342 S.W.3d 528 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE §§ 521.021 & 521.025(a)(1).”
Fontenot v. McCraw, 777 F.3d 741 (5th Cir. 2015). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 521.021 . 2 A driver who violates this law is unlicensed — he is not permitted to operate motor vehicles on Texas roads.”
Franks v. State, 241 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. App. 2007). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 521.021 (prohibiting operation of motor vehicle on highway without driver’s license), .”
Allen v. State, 48 S.W.3d 775 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 521.021 revisor's note (Vernon 1999).”
Newkumet v. Allen, 230 S.W.3d 518 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 521.021 (Vernon 2007).”
Cox v. State, 931 S.W.2d 349 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.TraNSP. Code Ann. § 521.021 (Vernon Pamph.”
Magee v. G & H Towing Co., 312 S.W.3d 807 (Tex. App. 2010). “” Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 521.458 (b) (Vernon 2007).”
Bertha Fontenot v. City of Houston, 647 F. App'x 402 (5th Cir. 2016). “Tex. TRAnsp. Code Ann. § 521.021 . 1 The other section requires that a person have his or her driver’s license in his or her possession when driving and that he or she display the license when asked to do so by a police officer (hereinafter, “Failure to Display”).”
Ex Parte: Robert Robinson (Tex. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of Appellant’s pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that Texas Transportation Code, Section 521.021 is unconstitutionally vague on its face.”
Pamela Maureen Greenhill v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “2 TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 541.001–600.004.”
Christopher Leverson v. State (Tex. App. 2016). “” Tex. Transp. Code § 521.021. To demonstrate compliance with this requirement, section 521.”
Oscar Alan Rios Conteras v. State (Tex. App. 2017). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 521.021 (West 2013) (“A person, other than a person expressly exempted under [the Texas Transportation Code], may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the person holds a driver’s license issued under this chapter.”
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