16 Tex. Admin. Code § 87.78 - Responsibilities of the Licensee-Removal of License Plates and Registration Insignias and Surrender of Certain Documents

(a) Upon receipt of a vehicle, a used automotive parts recycler must remove any license plates and registration insignias. The used automotive parts recycler must securely store any license plates until destroyed in accordance with Occupations Code § 2309.352.
(b) A used automotive parts recycler shall surrender to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for cancellation a certificate of title or authority, sales receipt, or transfer document, as required by the DMV.
(c) For each vehicle for which a document is surrendered in compliance with subsection (b), the licensee shall obtain a signed receipt for a surrendered certificate of title.

Notes

16 Tex. Admin. Code § 87.78
The provisions of this §87.78 adopted to be effective January 11, 2010, 35 TexReg 232; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 19, May 9, 2025, TexReg 2778, eff. 5/15/2025

State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.