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TITLE 43TRANSPORTATION
PART 10TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
CHAPTER 217VEHICLE TITLES AND REGISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER AMOTOR VEHICLE TITLES
RULE §217.11Rescission, Cancellation or Revocation by Affidavit

(a) The department may rescind, cancel, or revoke an existing title or application for a title if a notarized or county stamped affidavit is completed and presented to the department within 90 days of initial sale containing:

  (1) a statement that the vehicle involved was a new motor vehicle in the process of a first sale;

  (2) a statement that the dealer, the applicant, and any lienholder have canceled the sale;

  (3) a statement that the vehicle was:

    (A) never in possession of the title applicant; or

    (B) in the possession of the title applicant;

  (4) the signatures of the dealer, the applicant, and any lienholder as principal to the document; and

  (5) an odometer disclosure statement executed by the purchaser of the motor vehicle and acknowledged by the dealer if a statement is made pursuant to paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection to be used for the purpose of determining usage subsequent to sale.

(b) A rescission, cancellation, or revocation containing the statement authorized under subsection (a)(3)(B) of this section does not negate the fact that the vehicle has been subject to a previous retail sale.


Source Note: The provisions of this §217.11 adopted to be effective March 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 1096; amended to be effective July 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 4354

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