Sec. 683.051.  APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.  A person may apply to the department for authority:
(1)  to sell, give away, or dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
(A)  the person is the recorded owner or has been transferred ownership of the motor vehicle; or
(B)  the vehicle is an abandoned motor vehicle and is:
(i)  in the possession of the person; or
(ii)  located on property owned by the person; or
(2)  to dispose of a motor vehicle to a motor vehicle demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling if:
(A)  the motor vehicle is in the possession of a lienholder under:
(i)  Chapter 54, 59, or 70, Property Code; or
(ii)  Chapter 2303, Occupations Code;
(B)  the lienholder has complied with all notification requirements of the applicable chapter to foreclose on the lien; and
(C)  the lienholder determines:
(i)  the motor vehicle's only residual value is as a source of parts or scrap metal; or
(ii)  it is not economical to dispose of the vehicle at a public sale.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 48, eff. March 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1061 (H.B. 3131), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.