Tex. Transportation Code § 501.074
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 501.074, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 501.074. TRANSFER OF VEHICLE BY OPERATION OF LAW.
Official statutory text
(a) The department shall issue a new title for a motor vehicle registered in this state for which the ownership is transferred by operation of law or other involuntary divestiture of ownership after receiving:
(1) a certified copy of an order appointing a temporary administrator or of the probate proceedings;
(2) letters testamentary or letters of administration;
(3) if administration of an estate is not necessary, an affidavit showing that administration is not necessary, identifying all heirs, and including a statement by the heirs of the name in which the certificate shall be issued;
(4) a court order; or
(5) the bill of sale from an officer making a judicial sale.
(b) If a lien is foreclosed by nonjudicial means, the department may issue a new title in the name of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale on receiving the affidavit of the lienholder of the fact of the nonjudicial foreclosure.
(c) If a constitutional or statutory lien is foreclosed, the department may issue a new title in the name of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale on receiving:
(1) the affidavit of the lienholder of the fact of the creation of the lien and of the divestiture of title according to law; and
(2) proof of notice as required by Sections 70.004 and 70.006, Property Code, or by Section 59.0445, Property Code.
(d) Notwithstanding the terms of Section 501.005, in the event of a conflict between this section and other law, this section controls.
(1) a certified copy of an order appointing a temporary administrator or of the probate proceedings;
(2) letters testamentary or letters of administration;
(3) if administration of an estate is not necessary, an affidavit showing that administration is not necessary, identifying all heirs, and including a statement by the heirs of the name in which the certificate shall be issued;
(4) a court order; or
(5) the bill of sale from an officer making a judicial sale.
(b) If a lien is foreclosed by nonjudicial means, the department may issue a new title in the name of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale on receiving the affidavit of the lienholder of the fact of the nonjudicial foreclosure.
(c) If a constitutional or statutory lien is foreclosed, the department may issue a new title in the name of the purchaser at the foreclosure sale on receiving:
(1) the affidavit of the lienholder of the fact of the creation of the lien and of the divestiture of title according to law; and
(2) proof of notice as required by Sections 70.004 and 70.006, Property Code, or by Section 59.0445, Property Code.
(d) Notwithstanding the terms of Section 501.005, in the event of a conflict between this section and other law, this section controls.
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