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Tex. Transp. Code § 550.025 (2026)

Duty On Striking Structure, Fixture, Or Highway Landscaping

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Sec. 550.025. DUTY ON STRIKING STRUCTURE, FIXTURE, OR HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING.

(a) The operator of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway shall:

(1) take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of the collision and of the operator's name and address and the registration number of the vehicle the operator was driving; and

(2) if requested and available, show the operator's driver's license to the owner or person in charge of the property.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a). An offense under this section is:

(1) a Class C misdemeanor, if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is less than $200; or

(2) a Class B misdemeanor, if the damage to all fixtures and landscaping is $200 or more.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 42), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 42), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (S.B. 312), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2023.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: Baird v. State, 212 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App. 2006).
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Baird v. State, 212 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 550.025 (Vernon 1999).”
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Ex Parte Austin Michaelis (Tex. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 550.025 (a). Failure to do so is a misdemeanor offense.”
Zimbabwe Raymond Johnson v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a). If the damage to all structures is $200.”
Bryson Mead v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024). · cites it 3× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 550.025 (a).3 The face of this statute does not apply to Appellant’s conduct because the structures, fixtures, and landscaping with which Appellant collided were adjacent not to a highway but to a privately maintained road within the Pecan Plantation…”
Roberto Caples v. State (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “For the DWI conviction, appellant received a sentence of 180 days confinement in the Hidalgo County Jail, suspended for one year, a fine of $1000, and 40 hours community service. For the duty on striking a fixture conviction, he received a sentence of 180 days confinement,…”
Ex Parte Melissa Jo Morrow Egan (Tex. App. 2018). “1 TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025 (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
Rosa Spears v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 550.025 (West Supp.”
Demetrius Domonique Mitchell v. State (Tex. App. 2019). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 550.025(a). By referring generally to the “owner or person in charge”—and not, say, “the appropriate governmental body”—the statute contemplates a variety of different persons and entities, both public and private, owning property falling within the statute’s…”
Ricardo De La Cruz v. State (Tex. App. 2019). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a) (requiring the operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway to, inter alia, take reasonable steps to locate and…”
State v. Samuel Martinez (Tex. App. 2021). “Based on that evidence, the State argued that when the initial officer made contact with Martinez at his home, the officer had reasonable suspicion to believe that Martinez had committed at least one of two possible offenses: (1) failure to comply with the statutory duties of a…”
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— Tex. Transp. Code § 550.025(a) — 9 cases
Zimbabwe Raymond Johnson v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a). If the damage to all structures is $200.”
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Demetrius Domonique Mitchell v. State (Tex. App. 2019). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 550.025(a). By referring generally to the “owner or person in charge”—and not, say, “the appropriate governmental body”—the statute contemplates a variety of different persons and entities, both public and private, owning property falling within the statute’s…”
Ricardo De La Cruz v. State (Tex. App. 2019). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a) (requiring the operator of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway to, inter alia, take reasonable steps to locate and…”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 550.025(a)(1) — 3 cases
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Leslie Jones Burks v. State (Tex. App. 2018). “Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, however, we conclude that the trial court could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that appellant failed to comply with her duties under Texas Transportation Code section 550.025.”
Johnson, Zimbabwe Raymond v. The State of Texas (Tex. Crim. App. 2023).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 550.025(b) — 1 case
Zimbabwe Raymond Johnson v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a). If the damage to all structures is $200.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 550.025(b)(2) — 2 cases
Zimbabwe Raymond Johnson v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022).
Zimbabwe Raymond Johnson v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 550.025(a). If the damage to all structures is $200.”
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