SECTION 215.157. Advance Numbers, Preprinted Internet-down Temporary Tags

(a) In accordance with Transportation Code, §503.0631(d), a dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, may obtain an advance supply of preprinted Internet-down temporary tags with specific numbers and buyer's temporary tag receipts to issue in lieu of buyer's temporary tags if the dealer is unable to access the internet.

(b) If a dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, is unable to access the internet at the time of a sale, the dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, must complete the preprinted Internet-down temporary buyer's tag and buyer's temporary tag receipt by providing details of the sale, signing the buyer's temporary tag receipt, and retaining a copy. The dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, must enter the required information regarding the sale in the temporary tag database not later than the close of the next business day that the dealer has access to the internet. The buyer's temporary tag receipt must include a statement that the dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, has internet access but, at the time of the sale, the dealer, or a federal, state, or local governmental agency, was unable to access the internet or the temporary tag database.

Source Note: The provisions of this §215.157 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