2025 Texas Statutes
Tax Code
Title 2 - State Taxation
Subtitle E - Sales, Excise, and Use Taxes
Chapter 152 - Taxes on Sale, Rental, and Use of Motor Vehicles
Subchapter C. Collection of Taxes
Section 152.043. Collection of Tax on Motor Vehicles Operated by Nonresidents

Universal Citation:
TX Tax Code § 152.043 (2025)
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Sec. 152.043. COLLECTION OF TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY NONRESIDENTS. A person doing business in this state who registers a motor vehicle under Section 502.091, Transportation Code, shall pay the tax imposed by Section 152.022 of this code to the comptroller on or before the day the motor vehicle is brought into Texas.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1590, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.254, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 19.008, eff. September 1, 2013.

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