LIMITATION ON USE OF DEALER'S LICENSE PLATES.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 503.068.
in effect(a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718 ), Sec. 32(8), eff. July 1, 2025.
(b) A person may not use a metal dealer's license plate on:
(1) a service or work vehicle, except as provided by Subsection (b-1); or
(2) a commercial vehicle that is carrying a load.
(b-1) An independent motor vehicle dealer or an employee of an independent motor vehicle dealer may use a metal dealer's license plate on a service or work vehicle used to transport a vehicle in the dealer's inventory to or from a point of sale. This subsection does not authorize a person to operate a service or work vehicle as a tow truck, as defined by Section 2308.002 , Occupations Code, without a license or permit required by Chapter 2308 , Occupations Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, a boat trailer carrying a boat is not a commercial vehicle carrying a load. A dealer complying with this chapter may affix to the rear of a boat trailer the dealer owns or sells a metal dealer's license plate issued under Section 503.061 or a license plate issued by a dealer under Section 503.063 or 503.065 .
(d) This section does not prohibit the operation or conveyance of an unregistered vehicle using the full-mount method, saddle-mount method, tow-bar method, or a combination of those methods in accordance with Section 503.063 .
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (H.B. 894 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.