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Tex. Transp. Code § 601.193 (2026)

Defense: Financial Responsibility In Effect At Time Of Alleged Offense

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Sec. 601.193. DEFENSE: FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN EFFECT AT TIME OF ALLEGED OFFENSE. (a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 601.191 or 601.195 that the person charged produces to the court one of the documents listed in Section 601.053(a) that was valid at the time that the offense is alleged to have occurred.

(b) After the court verifies a document produced under Subsection (a), the court shall dismiss the charge.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 844, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 961, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2004–2019 · leading case: Cox v. Laycock, 2015 UT 20 (Utah 2015).
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Cox v. Laycock, 2015 UT 20 (Utah 2015). “Because it particularly Act 311 of the Acts of 1941, are hereby repealed” because “[n]o doubt the legislature meant to repeal all laws in conflict with that act, and, by error of the author or the typist, left out the usual words ‘in conflict herewith,’ which we will imply by…”
William Adrian Roberts v. State, 444 S.W.3d 770 (Tex. App. 2014). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 601.193 (a) (West 2011).”
Domingo Tajiboy v. State (Tex. App. 2019). “See Tex. Transp. Code § 601.193. Transportation Code section 601.”
Jonathan R. Spurkosky v. State (Tex. App. 2004). “The officer said that he "asked him for his proof of financial responsibility which he could not produce at that time." During his own testimony, appellant acknowledged that he did not present proof of insurance or any type of financial responsibility to anyone.”
Jonathan R. Spurkosky v. State (Tex. App. 2004). “The officer said that he “asked him for his proof of financial responsibility which he could not produce at that time.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 601.193(a) — 1 case
Cox v. Laycock, 2015 UT 20 (Utah 2015). “Because it particularly Act 311 of the Acts of 1941, are hereby repealed” because “[n]o doubt the legislature meant to repeal all laws in conflict with that act, and, by error of the author or the typist, left out the usual words ‘in conflict herewith,’ which we will imply by…”
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