SECTION 430.14. Suspension

(a) Suspension for unpaid fines/fees. The DCTAC may suspend a license if the licensee or any applicant for the license is delinquent in the payment of property taxes or criminal fines or fees owed to Denton County.

(1) Suspension notice. DCTAC shall send notice of suspension, which notice shall include a statement identifying the unpaid fines/fees, by certified mail. Notice of suspension of a Runner license under this section shall be sent to the most recent home address on file for licensee. Notice of a Title Service license suspension under this section shall be sent to the attention of "all" MVTS partners, owners, officers, directors, or principals (as applicable) at the most recent primary physical business address on file for licensee. Suspension shall become effective upon the date notice is sent. Failure to pay the fines/fees identified in the suspension notice within 30 days of the suspension date shall result in revocation of the license.

(2) A license suspended under subsection (a) of this section will be reinstated if, within 30 days of the suspension's effective date, licensee provides DCTAC with notice that includes a certified copy of the Denton County invoice showing that the fines/fees identified in the suspension notice have been paid in full. Licensee may deliver such notice in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, in which case notice will be considered received by DCTAC on the date the return is signed. Licensee may deliver such notice in person by presenting a certified copy of the paid invoice at a DCTAC location, in which case notice shall be considered received when the DCTAC issues licensee a copy of the file-stamped invoice submitted. If DCTAC becomes aware that, within 30 days of suspension, the fee/fines identified in the suspension notice were paid in full, the DCTAC is not required but may elect to reinstate the suspended license without notice from licensee.

(b) Automatic Suspension.

(1) A title service license shall be automatically suspended upon the addition or replacement of any of the title service's principals, partners, officers, owners or directors. A title service shall immediately deliver written notice of any such addition or replacement and the license issued under §430.12(b) of this chapter (relating to License Renewal) to DCTAC by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(2) Within ten (10) days of becoming a new principal, partner, owner, officer or director in a title service described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a person may submit an MVTS license application that meets the criteria set forth in §430.5 of this chapter (relating to Submission of Application) and §430.6 of this chapter (relating to Completion of Vehicle Title Service License Application). If the application is granted following completion of the process set forth in §430.8 of this chapter (relating to Application Review/Applicant Background Check/Applicant Interview), the license shall become effective again on the date notice is sent under §430.8(c)(2) of this chapter. In this event, the license shall expire on the anniversary or its original effective date.

(3) If the completed application of a prospective principal, partner, owner, officer or director in a licensed MVTS is received, reviewed and approved in accordance with §§430.5, 430.6, and 430.8 of this chapter before the prospective position is actually assumed, the license will not become ineffective under paragraph (1) of this subsection when the applicant assumes that position.

Source Note: The provisions of this §430.14 adopted to be effective June 26, 2019, 44 TexReg 3130; amended to be effective July 26, 2023, 48 TexReg 3997