Sec. 501.0521. COURT ORDERED TITLE CHANGES. (a) A justice of the peace or municipal court judge may not issue an order related to a title except as provided by Chapter 47, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Section 27.031(a)(3), Government Code.
(b) A county or district court judge may not order the department to change the type of title for:
(1) a nonrepairable vehicle titled after September 1, 2003; or
(2) a vehicle for which the department has issued a certificate of authority under Section 683.054.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2013.
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