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36 GENERAL LAWS.
REGULATING TRANSFER OF SECOND HAND VEHICLES.
S. B. No. 40]. CHAPTER 29.
An Act to amend Article 1434, Chapter 8, Title 17, Penal Code of Texas,
1925, as amended by Chapter 77, Acts of the First Called Session of
the 40th Legislature, and amending Article 1435, Chapter 8, Penal
Code of Texas, 1925; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That Article 1434, Chapter 8, Title 17 of the Penal
Code of Texas, 1925, as amended by Chapter 77, Acts of the
First Called Session of the 40th Legislature be, and the same
is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows:
"Article 1434. No person, acting for himself or another, shall
sell, trade. or otherwise transfer any used or second-hand vehicle
required to be registered under the laws of this State unless
and until said vehicle at the time of delivery has been duly
registered in this State for the current year under the provisions
of said laws; provided, however, that a dealer may
demonstrate such motor vehicle for the purpose of sale, trade
or transfer under a dealer's license plate issued such dealer for
demonstration purposes. Whoever, acting for himself or another,
sells, trades or otherwise transfes any such vehicle shall
deliver to the transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle
the license receipt issued by a Tax Collector of this State for the
registration thereof for the current year and a bill of sale in
triplicate. Whoever, acting for himself or another, sells, trades
or otherwise transfers any second-hand or used vehicle without
delivering to the transferee at the time of delivery of the vehicle
the license receipt issued therefor for the current year
and a bill of sale thereto in triplicate as herein required shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined
in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. A
copy of such bill of sale may be required to be sent by such Collector
or to the Highway Department."
SEC. 2. That Article 1435, Chapter 8, Title 17, of the Penal
Code of Texas, 1925, be, and the same is hereby amended so as
to hereafter read as follows:
"Article 1435. One copy of the bill of sale required to be delivered
to the transferee of a used or second-hand car under
the terms of Article 1434, as amended by this Act, shall be
retained by said transferee as evidence of title, and another
copy shall be filed by the transferee within ten days from the
date of the transfer with the County Tax Collector of the county
in which the transferee resides as an application for transfer
of license, together with a transfer fee of twenty-five cents;
provided, that if said transferee does not file said application
within said ten days, and before the expiration of twenty days,
a penalty or fee of Two Dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) shall
be paid, and at the expiration of said twenty days a penalty or
fee of Five ($5.00) Dollars shall be paid upon the filing of such
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/482/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .