Tex. Transp. Code Section 551A.058
Law Enforcement Operation


(a)

A peace officer or other person who provides law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services, including a volunteer firefighter, may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle on a highway that is not an interstate or limited-access highway if:

(1)

the transportation is in connection with the performance of the operator’s official duty;

(2)

the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle a triangular orange flag that is at least six feet above ground level;

(3)

the vehicle’s headlights and taillights are illuminated; and

(4)

the operation of the vehicle does not exceed a distance of 10 miles from the point of origin to the destination.

(b)

Notwithstanding Section 551A.052 (Registration; License Plates), an off-highway vehicle operated under this section is not required to display a license plate.
Reenacted, transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 663.037(g) by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 32, eff. June 14, 2019.

Source: Section 551A.058 — Law Enforcement Operation, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­551A.­htm#551A.­058 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 551A.058’s source at texas​.gov