Texas § 601.331 REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT.

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§ 601.331 — REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT.

Texas § 601.331

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 601.331 (2026).

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Sec. 601.331. REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT.

(a)If a person does not satisfy a judgment before the 61st day after the date of the judgment, the clerk of the court, on the written request of a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor's attorney, immediately shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the department.

(b)The clerk of the court immediately shall send to the department a certified copy of the action of the court in relation to:

(1)a conviction for a violation of a motor vehicle law; or

(2)a guilty plea or forfeiture of bail by a person charged with violation of a motor vehicle law.

(c)A certified copy sent to the department under Subsection (b) is prima facie evidence of the conviction, plea, forfeiture, or other

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Sec. 601.331. REPORT OF UNSATISFIED JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION, PLEA, OR FORFEITURE OF BAIL; NONRESIDENT. (a) If a person does not satisfy a judgment before the 61st day after the date of the judgment, the clerk of the court, on the written request of a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor's attorney, immediately shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the department.
(b) The clerk of the court immediately shall send to the department a certified copy of the action of the court in relation to:
(1) a conviction for a violation of a motor vehicle law; or
(2) a guilty plea or forfeiture of bail by a person charged with violation of a motor vehicle law.
(c) A certified copy sent to the department under Subsection (b) is prima facie evidence of the conviction, plea, forfeiture, or other action.
(d) If the court does not have a clerk, the judge of the court shall send the certified copy required by this section.
(e) If the defendant named in a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall send a certified copy of the judgment to the official in charge of issuing driver's licenses and vehicle registrations of the state, province of Canada, or state of Mexico in which the defendant resides.