A dealer or governmental agency must print a buyer's license plate receipt from the department's designated electronic system and provide the receipt to the buyer of each vehicle for which a buyer's license plate or buyer's temporary license plate is issued. The dealer or governmental agency, shall instruct the buyer to keep a copy of the buyer's license plate receipt in the vehicle until the vehicle is registered in the buyer's name and the vehicle registration insignia is affixed to the motor vehicle windshield or plate, as applicable. The buyer's license plate receipt must include the following information:

1. (1) the issue date of the buyer's license plate or buyer's temporary license plate;
2. (2) the year, make, model, body style, color, and VIN of the vehicle sold;
3. (3) the license plate number;
4. (4) the date of the sale;
5. (5) the name of the issuing dealer and the dealer's license number or the name of the issuing federal, state, or local governmental agency;
6. (6) the buyer's name and mailing address; and
7. (7) if the vehicle is to be registered in Texas, the procedure by which the vehicle's registration insignia will be provided to the buyer as required under Transportation Code, §503.0631.

Source Note:The provisions of this §215.156 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; amended to be effective July 1, 2025, 49 TexReg 8953.