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Tex. Transp. Code § 642.001 (2026)

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Sec. 642.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, that is designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property.

(2) "Operator" means the person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.

(3) "Owner" means a person who has:

(A) legal title to a motor vehicle; or

(B) the right to possess or control the vehicle.

(4) "Road-tractor" means a motor vehicle that is:

(A) used for towing manufactured housing; or

(B) designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not constructed so as to carry any load independently or as a part of the weight of a vehicle or load it is drawing.

(5) "Truck-tractor" means a motor vehicle that:

(A) transports passenger cars loaded on the vehicle while the vehicle is engaged with a semitrailer transporting passenger cars; or

(B) is designed or used primarily for pulling other vehicles and constructed to carry only a part of the weight of a vehicle it is pulling.

(6) "Tow truck" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 2308.002, Occupations Code.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 4.12(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 23.008, eff. September 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Wesley Perkins v. State, No. 03-14-00733-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 4, 2015).
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Wesley Perkins v. State, No. 03-14-00733-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 4, 2015). · cites it 2× “32 TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 601.002(8). ....”
Gerald Stevens v. State, No. 03-15-00676-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Nov. 30, 2015). “002 (8) 13 Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 621.001 (5) 11 Tex.”
Tex. Transp. Code § 642.001(1): 1 case
Wesley Perkins v. State, No. 03-14-00733-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 4, 2015). “32 TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 601.002(8). ....”
Tex. Transp. Code § 642.001(2): 1 case
Wesley Perkins v. State, No. 03-14-00733-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 4, 2015). “32 TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 601.002(8). ....”
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