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Advisory committee debates rules on removing, transferring and destroying license plates, and handling consignment and specialty plates
Summary
Committee members and TXDMV staff discussed draft rule text that would require dealers to remove plates at sale, allow limited transfers within the same vehicle class, require destruction or return of plates not transferred within 10 days, and set procedures for auctions, consignments, specialty plates and converter delivery.
The advisory committee discussed proposed Chapter 2.15 and 2.17 changes that address when dealers must remove, transfer, destroy or return license plates after a vehicle sale, and how auctions, consignments and specialty plates should be handled under House Bill 718 and Senate Bill 1902.
Annette Quintero described the draft 2.15 and 2.17 language: dealers "shall remove plates" upon sale or transfer and may transfer removed plates to another vehicle if the new vehicle is in the same classification and county tax assessor-collector approval applies. If plates are not transferred within 10 days, the rule would require the dealer to "destroy, recycle, or return" them in…
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