1. (a) "Application" or "applications." Except where otherwise expressly stated, the term "Application" or "applications" includes all documentation submitted with a Motor Vehicle Title Service Application Form or Motor Vehicle Title Service Runner Application Form.
2. (b) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Texas Transportation Code §501.002.
3. (c) "MCTAC" means Montgomery County Tax Assessor-Collector.
4. (d) "Motor vehicle title service" or "MVTS" means any person or entity that for compensation directly or indirectly assists other persons in obtaining title documents, in either written or electronic form, by submitting, transmitting, or sending applications for title documents to the appropriate government agencies.
5. (e) "Person" or "persons" means company or individual.
6. (f) "Sponsored" means that a MVTS has requested a license for a title service runner employed by the MVTS so that the runner may present title documents at the MCTAC's Office on behalf of the MVTS.
7. (g) "Title documents" means motor vehicle title applications, motor vehicle registration renewal applications, motor vehicle mechanic's lien title applications, motor vehicle storage lien title applications, motor vehicle temporary registration permits, motor vehicle title application transfers occasioned by the death of the title holder, motor vehicle inquiries, license plate and/or sticker replacement or any other motor vehicle related transaction.
8. (h) "Title service runner," "Runner" or "MVTSR" means any person employed and sponsored by a licensed motor vehicle title service to submit or present title documents to the Montgomery County Tax Assessor-Collector on behalf of that licensed motor vehicle title service.

Source Note:The provisions of this §445.1 adopted to be effective December 29, 2025, 50 TexReg 8629.