Cedar Park, TX

Cedar Park's tree ordinance sets numeric development limits: at least 50% of a preserved tree's critical root zone must stay undisturbed, no more than 30% of its crown may be cut, and…

Cedar Park lets single-family residential customers claim a water-bill credit of $0.50 per gallon of rain barrel capacity, up to a lifetime $100 cap, for harvesting rainwater at home.

Cedar Park limits lawn and landscape watering to two designated days per week under its Drought Contingency Plan, assigned by the last digit of the customer's street address, with…

Cedar Park's zoning code sets one compost standard: permitted community gardens must keep compost materials at least 20 feet from every adjacent property line. There's no separate…

Cedar Park caps weeds, grass, and undergrowth at 12 inches on any lot inside city limits, except agricultural land. Weeds over 48 inches are a 'dangerous' condition the city can abate…

Cedar Park exempts native-grass, wildflower, and xeriscape plantings from its standard permanent irrigation rule after a two-year establishment period, and undisturbed natural areas…

Williamson County has no rule on artificial turf. Statewide, an HOA cannot force you to maintain living grass since September 2025, and it may not unreasonably deny water-conserving…

Cedar Park permits veterinary clinics as a conditional zoning use, but small-animal clinics can't run any operations outdoors, and buildings within 100 feet of a residential district…

Cedar Park bans possessing lions, tigers, venomous reptiles, non-human primates, bears, and other dangerous wild animals as pets anywhere within city limits.

Cedar Park's zoning code defines and regulates "apiary" as a specific land use, but the citywide use table permits it only in the Development Reserve and open-space/public-services…

Cedar Park allows chickens and other fowl only on one-acre-plus lots in Estate Residential or Suburban Residential zoning, capping flocks at fifteen birds including no more than one…

Cedar Park requires every cat over sixteen weeks to be vaccinated against rabies and registered with the city, though cats, unlike dogs, are not covered by the leash-based at-large…

Any dog off its owner's property or off consented private property in Cedar Park must be on a leash, chain, or other restraint, except in a city park's designated off-leash area.

Breed-specific bans are illegal in Texas. Williamson County and its cities cannot outlaw pit bulls or any other breed; state law bars breed-specific dog regulation. Rules must target a…

Texas has no standalone hoarding statute; officers use Health & Safety Code Chapter 821 to seize animals deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, and a court can divest the owner…

Texas lets hunters bait and feed game animals, including deer, on private property statewide. Baiting is unlawful on most public land, for wild turkey in the East Zone, and for all…

Cedar Park caps customer traffic at home-based businesses at three vehicle trips per day, and bars any storefront-style client interaction from the residence.

Cedar Park allows home occupations as an accessory to a residential use, but the business must stay inside the dwelling or one accessory garage and can't employ anyone outside the…

Operating a child-care home for pay in Williamson County requires a license, registration, or listing from Texas Health and Human Services under Human Resources Code Chapter 42. The…

Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Williamson County home with no permit, license, or health inspection. Annual food sales are capped at $150,000…

Cedar Park bars renting or subletting an accessory dwelling unit separately from the main house: the ADU can only be sold, leased, or transferred together with the principal dwelling…

Cedar Park allows garage conversions only in the Semi-Urban Residential (SU) zoning district, and only if the converted space still leaves enough off-street parking to meet the zoning…

Cedar Park caps all accessory buildings combined at 20% of a single-family lot's back yard, bars any one shed from exceeding the house's own size, and scales height and setback limits…

Cedar Park allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot as an incidental use tied to the principal home, capped at 200 to 400 square feet or 25% of the main house's cooled floor area…

Cedar Park's Town Center Mixed Residential Area requires impact fees for both water and wastewater on every residential accessory dwelling unit, with at least a half water LUE and a…

Cedar Park requires an accessory dwelling unit to be owned by the same person or persons who own the principal home on the lot: the two can never be split into separate ownership.

A tiny home on wheels is titled as a travel trailer under Texas Transportation Code Section 501.002 and is not used as a permanent dwelling. A tiny home on a foundation with plumbing…

Cedar Park bans keeping brush piles, debris, or other materials that constitute a fire hazard on any lot in the city. Owners get written notice and 7 days to clear it before the city…

Open burning is banned inside Cedar Park and within 5,000 feet of city limits unless the Fire Marshal issues a permit consistent with TCEQ outdoor-burning rules.

Cedar Park's amended fire code requires an intelligent addressable smoke/fire alarm system in any building with 25 or more alarm devices, enforced by the Fire Marshal under the 2021…

Cedar Park exempts small recreational fires from its open-burning permit if the fuel load stays under 3 feet wide by 2 feet tall and sits 25 feet from any structure.

Consumer 1.4G fireworks are legal in unincorporated Williamson County and sell June 24 through July 4 and December 20 through January 1; the Commissioners Court can restrict skyrockets…

Texas assigns no regulatory wildfire hazard zones and no wildland-urban-interface building code to unincorporated Williamson County; drought burn bans by the Commissioners Court are…

Selling, transporting, dispensing, or storing propane (LP-gas) in Texas requires a license from the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code Chapter 113. Only the…

Cedar Park requires residential pools and spas to meet the barrier and enclosure standards in the city's adopted 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, enforced citywide and in…

Cedar Park requires a building permit before installing an in-ground or larger residential pool, though small prefabricated above-ground pools are exempt.

Cedar Park requires a full site development permit for every retaining wall: unlike ordinary fences, the code grants no exemption for retaining wall construction, however small.

Nonresidential fences and walls in Cedar Park must stand 6 to 8 feet tall and be built of masonry such as brick, stone, or decorative reinforced concrete, with rust-resistant metal or…

Cedar Park caps residential fences at 8 feet in the rear and side setbacks, 3 feet in the front setback (up to 6 feet on lots over 20,000 square feet), and restricts height near…

Cedar Park exempts fences 8 feet or shorter from the building permit requirement under its locally amended building and residential codes.

Under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 143, Subchapter F, you cannot tear out a fence you jointly own with a neighbor, or one attached to a neighbor's fence, without mutual consent. To…

Cedar Park requires off-street loading spaces sized to floor area for any use that receives or distributes materials by vehicle: one space per 10,000 square feet in industrial…

Cedar Park bars parking within 5 feet of a single-family driveway (20 feet for other uses) and requires cars to park parallel, curb-adjacent, and facing the correct direction of…

Cedar Park charges $2.00 per hour to park at electric vehicle charging stations located at public facilities, under Article 18.000 of the city code, adopted by ordinance in January…

Cedar Park treats junked vehicles as a public nuisance. An inoperable, wrecked, or unregistered vehicle left more than 72 hours on public property, or 30 days on private property, can…

Cedar Park requires a City permit before parking any recreational vehicle, a category that by definition includes boats, travel trailers, and camping trailers, on a public street…

Cedar Park bans parking any truck over 1.5 tons' capacity or 21 feet long, plus trailers, RVs, and abandoned vehicles, on public streets in residential subdivisions at any time, unless…

Cedar Park townhomes with rear alley-access garages or parking may not park in the front yard; the rear garage must sit back at least 20 feet from the alley, and driveways off the…

Cedar Park bans overnight parking of trucks over 1.5 tons or 21 feet, trailers, RVs, and abandoned vehicles on any public street citywide between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., unless it's an…

Texas Occupations Code chapter 2308 sets the statewide rules for nonconsent towing and vehicle booting. A vehicle owner has 14 business days to demand a hearing in the justice court…

Cedar Park sets hard decibel ceilings by zone and time of day - 70 dB(A) daytime and 50 dB(A) nighttime for residential property, higher for nonresidential - measured at the property…

Cedar Park has no single blanket noise curfew; instead it tightens residential decibel limits at 10 p.m. and bars construction noise near homes after 8 p.m. absent a City Manager…

Cedar Park treats excessive or unreasonable barking, howling, or other animal noise as a public nuisance; owners face a citation and possible impoundment once Animal Control confirms a…

Cedar Park prohibits using engine brakes, engine retarders, or downshifting to slow or brake a commercial motor vehicle on any city street, with an exception only for fire trucks on…

Construction within 600 feet of an occupied dwelling in Cedar Park is exempt from the noise ordinance only between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; work sited farther out faces no…

Cedar Park holds amplified sound equipment to the same day/night decibel caps as any noise source, but venues wanting to exceed those limits for outdoor music need a special exception…

Cedar Park's code folds short-term rentals into its hotel occupancy tax: renting all or part of a residence to a non-permanent occupant is taxed as a 'hotel' under Article 10.03's…

STR guests are bound by the same state law as everyone else: unreasonable noise near a residence is disorderly conduct under Tex. Penal Code §42.01, a Class C misdemeanor up to $500…

Cedar Park's Building and Standards Commission can act against accumulated refuse and vegetation that creates breeding and living places for insects and rodents, backed by a separate…

Cedar Park restaurants that rack up more than 30 demerits on a WCCHD inspection must post an 'UNSATISFACTORY' placard on the front door, under Code § 4.09.008.

Cedar Park bars food establishments from employing anyone who handles food until that worker holds a valid WCCHD food handler's registration certificate, under Code § 4.09.005.

Cedar Park sets minimum front, side, and rear setbacks by residential zoning district, ranging from 25 feet in Semi-Urban to 75 feet in the Development Reserve district.

Cedar Park caps single-family building height at 40 feet in its Development Reserve, Estate Residential, and Suburban Residential districts, and 35 feet in Semi-Urban Residential, per…

Cedar Park doesn't cap overall lot coverage citywide, but it does limit accessory buildings, sheds, garages, workshops, to a combined 20 percent of the back yard on single-family lots.

Cedar Park requires electrical work to meet the adopted 2020 National Electrical Code, and bars electric service to newly permitted buildings until a certificate of occupancy issues.

Cedar Park requires plumbing permits under its adopted 2021 International Plumbing Code, which governs plumbing construction and alterations citywide and in the ETJ.

Cedar Park permits day-care centers as a conditional zoning use if the operator carries all required Texas licensing and the center skips overnight lodging, medical treatment, or rehab…

Interior renovations and additions to a single-family home in Cedar Park need a building permit under the adopted International Residential Code, but are exempt from the city's…

Cedar Park's amended fire code requires carbon monoxide detection in residential (R) occupancies and several other listed uses wherever a fuel-burning appliance or fireplace…

Every pawnbroker or jeweler operating in Cedar Park must keep a daily record book describing each secondhand item taken in, numbered and tied to the seller's identity, open to police…

Cedar Park requires any dealer in secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise to keep the same daily record book as pawnbrokers and to identify a seller unless the dealer already knows…

Cedar Park treats tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as a conditional or special use, not a by-right business, and bans window displays of the service.

Towing companies performing incident-management or private-property tows within Cedar Park need a Police Department permit and a spot on the city's towing rotation list, capped at five…

Cedar Park's zoning code defines and lists "head shop" as a retail paraphernalia use in its citywide land-use table, but marks it prohibited in all twenty of the city's zoning…

Cedar Park requires a city license to operate a sexually oriented business and confines them to heavy industrial zoning, at least 1,000 feet from churches, schools, parks, homes and…

Cedar Park landlords must supply heat maintaining at least 65°F in habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms of rental units under the city's amended property maintenance code.

Rent control does not exist in unincorporated Williamson County. Texas Local Government Code §214.902 bars any city or county from capping rent unless a declared disaster triggers an…

Texas has no just-cause eviction rule. A landlord in unincorporated Williamson County may end a tenancy without stating a reason. Property Code §24.005 requires only a three-day…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas places no statutory limit on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. However, the landlord must refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant surrenders the…

In Texas a squatter can claim title only through adverse possession, with periods that shorten as the claim strengthens: 3 years under title or color of title (§ 16.024), 5 years with…

Cedar Park requires a special event permit before closing a neighborhood street for a block party, though block parties needing no City services skip the insurance, bond, and notice…

Selling goods, holding a public gathering, or hosting entertainment in a Cedar Park park requires a special permit from the parks and recreation director, approved by City Council…

A parade in Cedar Park counts as a regulated special event: organizers need a City permit, and the City must refuse one that conflicts in date, time, or location with another parade…

Street fairs in Cedar Park are regulated as special events, and the City can deny a permit outright if festival vendors haven't shown proof of full liability insurance coverage.

Any development within Cedar Park's FEMA-mapped special flood hazard areas, covering both the Williamson and Travis County sides of the city, requires a development permit before…

Cedar Park requires either a full site development permit or a rough grading permit from the Engineering Department before any grading work can begin within city limits.

Cedar Park requires developers to size stormwater systems for a fully developed, undetained drainage area and dedicate drainage easements at least 25 feet wide for open channels or 15…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Cedar Park's mapped flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least one foot above…

Texas prohibits damaging, destroying, or removing a sand dune or its vegetation seaward of a dune protection line or within a critical dune area unless a permit authorizes the work…

Camping in any public area within Cedar Park city limits is unlawful, covering tents, bedding, overnight vehicle parking, and stored belongings used for living accommodation, with only…

Cedar Park caps electronic message center signs at 50% of a monument sign's face, requires 50-foot spacing from residential property lines, and bans scrolling or flashing copy.

Cedar Park caps window signs at 25% of a tenant space's total window area in every zoning district, with no permit required and no numeric cap on how many signs are displayed.

Cedar Park allows the tallest, largest monument signs along 183A Toll Road frontage, up to 30 feet with a sign-area bonus and 55% face coverage, well beyond the 8-foot local-street…

Cedar Park lets residents post garage sale signs without a permit, capped at 4 square feet, for up to 72 consecutive hours and no more than twice per calendar year.

Cedar Park's outdoor lighting standards cap holiday lighting to fixed calendar windows: homes may display from October 15 through March 15, while businesses are limited to November 15…

Political signs are protected on private property in unincorporated Williamson County. The county has no sign ordinance, and Election Code §259.003 blocks any local sign rule that…

Cedar Park's Development Reserve (DR) district -- the default zoning for newly annexed land -- is described in the zoning code as covering large undeveloped tracts used for…

The Texas Right to Farm Act, Agriculture Code Chapter 251, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and local regulations after one year of operation. HB…

Cedar Park regulates its Town Center district under a dedicated Town Center Code and Regulating Plan, setting mixed-use design, streetscape, and building standards distinct from the…

Cedar Park requires a city-issued permit before flying a drone from or over a permitted special event, capping issuance at ten permits per event; law enforcement and City drones are…

Flying a drone over or from a permitted special event within Cedar Park -- or in its extraterritorial jurisdiction -- is unlawful without a city permit, under a nuisance ordinance the…

Texas Government Code Chapter 423 occupies the field of unmanned aircraft regulation. Cities and counties cannot adopt their own recreational drone ordinances, though limited municipal…

Cedar Park requires every mobile food establishment to hold a city permit issued by the Director of Development Services, valid one year, tied to the business rather than the land, and…

A semi-stationary food truck in Cedar Park is treated as an accessory use and may only set up in commercial, office, industrial, mixed-use, or nonresidential planned-development…

Cedar Park bans selling or advertising goods on any street, sidewalk, alley, or public right-of-way in the city, though the Chief of Police can grant written permission for a specific…

Cedar Park requires all outdoor lighting fixtures to be full cutoff, concealed within opaque housing, and aimed downward to keep light spill out of the night sky and off adjacent…

Cedar Park requires accent, architectural, and landscape lighting fixtures to be located, aimed, or shielded so they don't spill light into the night sky.

Cedar Park's water reclamation facility supplies treated effluent for irrigation at City parks and facilities, replacing potable water at sites like Brushy Creek Sports Park and the…

Cedar Park holds property owners, agents, and tenants responsible for water loss and damage from leaks in pipes or plumbing on the customer's side of the meter, with a yearly billing…

Cedar Park encourages drought-resistant xeriscape landscaping through public education, plant examples at City Hall, and provisions in the City's landscape and tree regulations, rather…

Cedar Park requires a permit before anyone builds, excavates, installs facilities, or makes temporary use of the public right-of-way, including the space beneath sidewalks, unless the…

Cedar Park bans placing personal property in a way that blocks any part of a sidewalk or interferes with roadway traffic flow, with removal authorized without prior notice.

Cedar Park puts the cost and duty of fixing a defective, unsafe, or hazardous sidewalk, driveway approach, curb, or appurtenance on the abutting property owner: the city assumes no…

Anyone going door-to-door in Cedar Park to solicit donations must first get a City permit: applications go to Development Services and are decided within 72 hours of filing.

Cedar Park residents can block peddlers and solicitors with a posted "no soliciting" sign, and every solicitor must also leave immediately if asked and stay off doorsteps overnight.

Cedar Park city parks close at 10:00 p.m. and reopen at dawn under § 8.03.005, though the parks and recreation advisory board can set different hours for pools or programmed facilities.

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

Cedar Park allows data centers by right only in six nonresidential zoning districts, not in any residential, mixed-use, or overlay district.

Cedar Park doesn't protect trees by species, its rules turn on trunk size, but it singles out oaks: diseased or oak-wilt-affected trees and improperly stored oak wood are declared a…

Cedar Park's Town Center zoning district requires street trees in planting strips along every street, sized at a four-inch caliper minimum, and spaced on average every 40 feet under…

A heritage tree in Cedar Park, a hardwood with a 26-inch-or-larger trunk (DBH), or one specially designated by City Council, can't be removed or even pruned without written city…

Cedar Park bans garbage, waste, and refuse collection between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. in any residential-zoned area or within 300 feet of one, protecting nearby homes from nighttime noise…

Nonresidential dumpsters in Cedar Park must be screened from view and sit at least 50 feet from any single-family residential property line under the site development code.

Scattering or dumping refuse on any public or private street, alley, sewer, or premises in Cedar Park is unlawful citywide, and fines for dumping violations can reach $2,000 per day of…

Cedar Park requires nonresidential refuse and recycling containers to be fully screened from public view and set at least 50 feet from single-family property lines.

Williamson County runs no municipal trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households contract a private subscription hauler directly. Under Tex. Health & Safety Code §364.011, the…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Williamson County; haul large items to a permitted site. Dumping them is illegal under Tex. Health & Safety Code §365.012, scaling from a…

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.425 orders every county, municipality, school district, university, and state agency to run a recycling program that separates and collects at…

Cedar Park caps garage sales at five consecutive days or two consecutive weekends per sale, and no more than ten total days per twelve-month period, under Article 4.06 of the city code.

Cedar Park's skate park at Brushy Creek Sports Park is open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Only skateboards and in-line skates are allowed on the skating surfaces, and every skater must wear…

Cedar Park declares any dilapidated or unsafe building a public nuisance, subject to repair, vacation, securing, removal, or demolition after a commission hearing.

Cedar Park requires owners of any lot, improved or vacant, to keep it free of trash, debris, stagnant water, and fire hazards, with code enforcement mailing notice before the city can…

Cedar Park levies a 7% hotel occupancy tax on room charges of $2 or more per night, collected by operators and remitted to the City quarterly under Article 10.03 of the Code of…

Texas law bars a property owners' association from prohibiting solar energy devices. Williamson County HOAs like Sun City and Cimarron Hills may set reasonable placement conditions but…

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Williamson County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only lawful outlets are licensed low-THC medical dispensers under the…

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Williamson County. Possessing usable marijuana is a crime under Health and Safety Code Section…

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 expressly preempts municipal and county minimum wage ordinances. The state minimum wage equals the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, and political…

Texas appellate courts have struck down municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio as preempted under the Texas Minimum Wage Act. HB 2127 (2023) further…

Texas authorizes License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns statewide under Government Code Chapter 411. Since 2021, permitless constitutional carry under HB 1927 also…

Texas Local Government Code Section 229.001 broadly preempts municipal regulation of firearms, ammunition, knives, and related accessories. Cities cannot adopt or enforce ordinances…

Texas authorizes open carry of holstered handguns statewide for adults 21 and older under Penal Code 46.02 and HB 910 (2015). Long guns may be openly carried subject to disorderly…

Texas Penal Code 46.02(a-1) lets any non-prohibited adult carry a handgun inside a personally-owned or leased motor vehicle or watercraft without a License to Carry. Since HB 1927…

Texas nonprofits can conduct bingo only under a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which absorbed the Texas Lottery Commission's charitable bingo program on…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

Texas Penal Code § 47.02(a) makes betting at cards, dice, or any game of chance a Class C misdemeanor. Section 47.02(b) supplies a defense: gambling that happens in a private place…

Texas licenses no retail sportsbook and no betting app. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game, contest, or a player's performance is a criminal offense under Penal Code §…

Under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, unpaid assessments become a lien (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0094), but a Texas HOA may not foreclose that lien without first…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs residential subdivision homeowners associations, not condominium associations and not associations that are themselves subject to the Public…

A Texas HOA enforces its recorded restrictive covenants (Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 202), but Chapter 209 controls the procedure: § 209.006 requires certified-mail notice and a cure…

Property Code Section 202.007 voids any homeowners association rule that bans drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving natural turf, and Section 202.008 bars fines for a brown…

Texas Property Code section 202.012 stops homeowners associations from banning display of the U.S. flag, the Texas flag, or an official U.S. armed forces flag. An association can…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

A Texas property owners' association cannot sell your home at a trustee's sale the way a mortgage lender can. Tex. Prop. Code Section 209.0092 requires the association to obtain a…

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

The Texas Legislature has authorized exactly one vehicle checkpoint program, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. Government Code Section 411.0095 lets the Department of Public…

Texas has never enacted an express statutory right to film police, so the legal boundary for a bystander with a phone is set by the offense of Interference with Public Duties, Texas…

Texas Penal Code Section 38.02 makes it a crime to refuse your name, residence address, or date of birth only after a peace officer has already lawfully arrested you. Being detained on…

No Texas statute obliges a driver to consent to a vehicle search, and none requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What Texas law does require is a paper trail: Article…

Texas lets golf carts onto public roads in four defined situations rather than by general permission: inside a platted master planned community, on a beach open to vehicular traffic…

The Texas Supreme Court in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) held that Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 preempts municipal plastic bag bans. Cities and…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 161 sets the minimum age for purchasing or possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products at 21 statewide, aligned with federal Tobacco 21. Active…

Texas regulates extra lighting by color, count, height and aim rather than by naming underglow. Transportation Code Section 547.305 bars any lamp showing red from directly in front of…

Texas grants no square inches of windshield to a camera. Transportation Code Section 547.613(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor to operate a vehicle with an object or material placed on or…

Texas banned motorcycle lane splitting in plain words on September 1, 2023. Transportation Code Section 545.0605(a)(3)(B), added by House Bill 4122 of the 88th Legislature, says the…

Texas outlaws license plate covers in Transportation Code Section 504.945(a)(7), which makes it an offense to display a plate carrying a coating, covering, protective substance or…

Texas does not prohibit owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. The one radar offense in the vehicle equipment chapter, Transportation Code Section…

Texas is one of the states that never wrote a studded tire calendar. Transportation Code Section 547.612(c) is the whole of the law: a tire on a moving vehicle may not carry a block…

Texas allows film down to 25 percent light transmission on both front side windows and on the windshield strip, with a matching ceiling of 25 percent luminous reflectance, and it sets…