Section 548.2521 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Evidence of Financial Responsibility As Prerequisite to Issuance of Passing Vehicle Inspection Report(a) An inspection station or inspector may not issue a passing vehicle inspection report for a vehicle unless the owner or operator furnishes evidence of financial responsibility at the time of inspection. Evidence of financial responsibility may be shown in the manner specified under Section 601.053(a). A personal automobile insurance policy used as evidence of financial responsibility must be written for a term of 30 days or more as required by Section 1952.054, Insurance Code. (b) An inspection station is not liable to a person, including a third party, for issuing a passing vehicle inspection report in reliance on evidence of financial responsibility furnished to the station. An inspection station that is the seller of a motor vehicle may rely on an oral insurance binder. Tex. Transp. Code § 548.2521
Renumbered from Tex. Transp. Code § 548.105 and amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 851,Sec. 15, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 23, eff. March 1, 2015Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.