Section 683.053 - Department to Provide Notice(a) If an application is submitted to sell, give away, or dispose of an abandoned motor vehicle under Section 683.051(1)(B), the department shall: (1) send notice to any owners and lienholders of the abandoned motor vehicle identified in the department's automated registration and titling system; or(2) if the department has no record of owners or lienholders for the abandoned motor vehicle, publish notice of abandonment on the department's website.(b) The notice required by Subsection (a) must include:(1) the year, make, model, body style, and vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle;(2) the physical location of the motor vehicle;(3) a statement: (A) that an application has been submitted to the department for authorization to dispose of the motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher;(B) informing the motor vehicle's owners or lienholders of the right to claim the motor vehicle not later than the 20th day after the date the notice is sent or published; and(C) that failure to claim the motor vehicle and notify the department that the vehicle has been claimed before the 21st day after the date the notice is sent or published: (i) waives a person's rights, title, and interest in the motor vehicle; and(ii) is considered consent for the department to issue to the applicant a certificate of authority under Section 683.054 to dispose of the motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher; and(4) the date the notice was sent or published.(c) The department is not required to send or publish notice for an application submitted for a motor vehicle described by Section 683.051(1)(A) or (2).(d) Notice sent under Subsection (a)(1) must be sent by first class mail.Tex. Transp. Code § 683.053
Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1061 (H.B. 3131), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.