No license plates needed in Texas!!

[03trubluGT]

So you think we should all have to have front license plates?

[SMEGMA STENCH]

So you think we should all have to have front license plates?

[03trubluGT]

OK, did some more digging, and it seems that since we are talking Chapter 502 and the penalty I found was Chapter 520, I went looking for a similar statue that would cover Ch. 502.

Found it:

SUBCHAPTER H. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
Sec. 502.401. GENERAL PENALTY.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter and no other penalty is prescribed for the violation.
(b) This section does not apply to a violation of Section 502.003, 502.101, 502.109, 502.112, 502.113, 502.114, 502.152, 502.164, or 502.282.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.


The quote in the OP's original post covers 502.473 which is excluded from the above exemptions.

[03trubluGT]

Good find Matt...

I think knowing your job is important. I remembered reading this years ago for a promotional exam. I'm not omnipotent when it comes to this stuff, but I try to keep on top of it.

[mikec]

Found it:

[I]TRANSPORTATION CODETITLE 7.

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC SUBTITLE A...CHAPTER 520. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 520.036. GENERAL PENALTY. ...(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $200.
So, if the language for punishment was omitted, this statute can fill in where it was left out.

Ha. Shoulda known that those in charge of extracting revenue would have it covered elsewhere...

Good find Matt...

[03trubluGT]

Found it:

TRANSPORTATION CODETITLE 7.

VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

CHAPTER 520. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 520.036. GENERAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter in a manner for which a specific penalty is not provided.(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $200.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

So, if the language for punishment was omitted, this statute can fill in where it was left out.

[Treasure Chest]

Hence the reason why I have that in parenthesis in the very post you quoted.

I'm sick.....be nice to me. I'm gonna take my ball and go back to the couch, now.

[Snatch Napkin]

You're talking about two different tags. The ones that people can renew are the temporary registration tags when a vehicle is purchased.

The ones that the crackhead was driving around with were dealer untitled vehicle tags, Black tags. They're only supposed to be used for transport, test drives, or the loan of a vehicle for temporary use to a charitable organization (like parade use).

Hence the reason why I have that in parenthesis in the very post you quoted.

[Treasure Chest]

I've noticed most of the dealer tags that stay on vehicles for months are from note lots. Folks will go in month after month to renew their dealer tags. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the note lot not actually possessing the title or if they just don't expect the person to actually pay the note for very long. I've seen others get altered.

In one instance a dealer tag (used for transport only) was stolen and placed on a vehicle that was driven around by a known crackhead for several weeks. Contact was made with the dealership with the number on the tag and they confirmed it was taken from another vehicle (possibly photocopied). They swore they would handle it from there, but he never saw jail time over it. However, this guy was friends with a dude that ran a shitty used car lot, so that guy may have taken the charge.

You're talking about two different tags. The ones that people can renew are the temporary registration tags when a vehicle is purchased.

The ones that the crackhead was driving around with were dealer untitled vehicle tags, Black tags. They're only supposed to be used for transport, test drives, or the loan of a vehicle for temporary use to a charitable organization (like parade use).

[fordracing19]

In 20 years, I've never gotten a bonus, let alone a toaster.

I hear some of these other departments give out mixers,blenders and toasters every month.

[Broncojohnny]

Anyone can get those paper temporary tags for months on end. The dirtbags do it so that they don't have to pay transfer taxes when buying a car and also to avoid the cost of registration.

[thesource]

Motor cycles, antique vehicles and dealers don't run front plates. I haven't heard of any issues coming from the lack of it either. Front plates on sports cars flat out sucks.

[Baba Ganoush]

I've noticed most of the dealer tags that stay on vehicles for months are from note lots. Folks will go in month after month to renew their dealer tags. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the note lot not actually possessing the title or if they just don't expect the person to actually pay the note for very long. I've seen others get altered.

In one instance a dealer tag (used for transport only) was stolen and placed on a vehicle that was driven around by a known crackhead for several weeks. Contact was made with the dealership with the number on the tag and they confirmed it was taken from another vehicle (possibly photocopied). They swore they would handle it from there, but he never saw jail time over it. However, this guy was friends with a dude that ran a shitty used car lot, so that guy may have taken the charge.

I think its an underground thing in the hood. Are these tags even traceable? I mean if you run them, the info will come back for the lot, not the person driving it, which is probably uninsured, illegal, ect. ect.

I just hate having to play by the rules when I see people skirting them all around me. Yet I try the same and I'd get busted. Oh well, I digress.

[Snatch Napkin]

I've noticed most of the dealer tags that stay on vehicles for months are from note lots. Folks will go in month after month to renew their dealer tags. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the note lot not actually possessing the title or if they just don't expect the person to actually pay the note for very long. I've seen others get altered.

In one instance a dealer tag (used for transport only) was stolen and placed on a vehicle that was driven around by a known crackhead for several weeks. Contact was made with the dealership with the number on the tag and they confirmed it was taken from another vehicle (possibly photocopied). They swore they would handle it from there, but he never saw jail time over it. However, this guy was friends with a dude that ran a shitty used car lot, so that guy may have taken the charge.

[Baba Ganoush]

Yeah I hate them. They aren't going to be as nostalgic as the older stamped style that we made for nearly a century. I'm sure they are harder to read since they can just look like a big reflector from some angles.



So what about the dealer tags? This is a real issue. I saw it every day in Dallas, and I knew it was because they were lacking something in the "legal requirements to operate your shitbox on the road" department. Insurance, license, hell they could be stolen.

Thoughts?