| (a) A salvage vehicle dealer shall place a notice on
each salvage motor vehicle it displays or offers for sale that:
(1) is visible from outside of the salvage motor vehicle;
(2) contains lettering that is two inches or more in
height identifying the vehicle is a salvage motor vehicle; and
(3) states as follows: "This
is a salvage titled vehicle that cannot be operated on a public highway.
If the salvaged vehicle is to be registered in Texas, the purchaser
must apply to a county tax assessor-collector's office, surrender
the salvage title, submit the required information on repairs that
have been made to the vehicle and pay the applicable fees before the
vehicle may be titled and/or registered to operate on the public highway."
(b) Upon the sale of a salvage motor vehicle, a salvage
vehicle dealer shall obtain the purchaser's signature to a disclosure
statement written in eleven point or larger font that states as follows: "I, (name of purchaser), acknowledge that at the
time of purchase, I am aware that: the vehicle is titled on a salvage
title; if I intend to operate the vehicle on a public highway in Texas,
I am responsible for applying for a title for this salvage vehicle
through a Texas county tax assessor-collector's office accompanied
by the required forms showing that repairs have been made to the vehicle;
I am responsible for paying the applicable fees; and, I may not drive
this salvage vehicle on a public highway until after a titled branded
rebuilt salvage and registration have been issued."
(c) A salvage vehicle dealer shall place a sign on
each nonrepairable motor vehicle it displays or offers for sale that:
(1) is visible from outside of the nonrepairable motor
vehicle;
(2) contains lettering that is two inches or more in
height; and
(3) states as follows: "This
is a nonrepairable titled motor vehicle that can never be operated
on a public highway of this state."
(d) Upon the sale of a nonrepairable motor vehicle,
a salvage vehicle dealer shall obtain the purchaser's signature to
a disclosure statement written in eleven point or larger font that
states as follows: "I, (name of purchaser),
acknowledge that at the time of purchase, I am aware that the vehicle
is a nonrepairable vehicle; this vehicle will never be able to operate
on a public highway of this state and will never be registered to
operate on a public highway of this state; and, before selling this
nonrepairable vehicle I must have the nonrepairable vehicle titled
in my name."
(e) A salvage vehicle dealer shall maintain a copy
of the written disclosures required by this section as part of its
records of sales in accordance with §221.73 of this title (relating
to Content of Records).
(f) The notice requirements of subsections (a) and
(c) can be met if the salvage vehicle dealer conspicuously displays
a permanent sign that all of the vehicles being offered for sale by
the salvage vehicle dealer are salvage motor vehicles or non-repairable
motor vehicles.
(g) If the salvage vehicle dealer conducts a sale of
a salvage motor vehicle or a nonrepairable motor vehicle in Spanish
or other foreign language, the notices and disclosures required by
this section shall be in that language.
(h) This section does not apply to a vehicle that is
displayed or offered for sale by a salvage vehicle dealer who operates
solely as a salvage pool operator and only sells vehicles at wholesale.
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