Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 10 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 215 - MOTOR VEHICLE DISTRIBUTION
Subchapter D - GENERAL DISTINGUISHING NUMBERS AND IN-TRANSIT LICENSES
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 government 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 government agency, is unable to access the internet at the time of a sale, the dealer, or a federal, state, or local government 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 government 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 government agency, has internet access but, at the time of the sale, the dealer, or a federal, state, or local government agency, was unable to access the internet or the temporary tag database.