(a) Information printed or completed on a temporary tag must be in black ink on a white background. Other than for a motorcycle, a completed buyer's, dealer's, converter's, or preprinted Internet-down temporary tag shall be six inches high and at least eleven inches wide. For a motorcycle, the completed buyer's, dealer's, converter's, or preprinted Internet-down temporary tag shall be four inches high and at least seven inches wide.
(b) A temporary tag must be:
  (1) composed of plastic or other durable, weather-resistant material; or
  (2) sealed in a two mil clear poly bag that encloses the entire temporary tag.
(c) A temporary tag may only be issued and printed from the department's temporary tag database as described in §215.152 of this title (relating to Obtaining Numbers for Issuance of Temporary Tags) and §215.157 of this title (relating to Advance Numbers, Preprinted Internet-down Temporary Tags).

Source Note: The provisions of this §215.153 adopted to be effective February 11, 2010, 35 TexReg 883; amended to be effective February 13, 2017, 42 TexReg 571; amended to be effective October 21, 2020, 45 TexReg 7441; amended to be effective January 27, 2022, 47 TexReg 662