Sec. 31.033.  UNAUTHORIZED NUMBERS PROHIBITED.  (a)  No person may paint, attach, or otherwise display on the forward half of a vessel a number other than the number awarded to the vessel or granted reciprocity under this chapter.
(b)  No person may deface or alter the certificate of number or the number assigned to and appearing on a vessel.
(c)  No person may display on a vessel a registration decal that is altered, fraudulent, or issued under a certificate of number assigned to another vessel.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 384), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1388 (H.B. 115), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.