# 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 215.121: 43 TAC § 215.121. Sanctions > Texas · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_TAC_T43_P10_C215_S215_121 ## Section - **Citation:** 43 Tex. Admin. Code § 215.121 - **Heading:** 43 TAC § 215.121. Sanctions - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 43 TRANSPORTATION / Part 10 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES / Chapter 215 MOTOR VEHICLE DISTRIBUTION / 43 TAC § 215.121 ## Text (a) The board or department may take the following actions against a license applicant, a license holder, or a person engaged in business for which a license is required: (1) deny an application; (2) revoke a license; (3) suspend a license; (4) assess a civil penalty; (5) issue a cease and desist order; or (6) take other authorized action. (b) The board or department may take action described in subsection (a) of this section if a license applicant, a license holder, or a person engaged in business for which a license is required: (1) fails to maintain records required under this chapter; (2) refuses or fails within 15 days to comply with a request for records made by a representative of the department; (3) sells or offers to sell a motor vehicle to a retail purchaser other than through a licensed or authorized dealer; (4) fails to submit a license amendment application in the electronic licensing system designated by the department to notify the department of a change of the license holder's physical address, mailing address, telephone number, or email address within 10 days of the change; (5) fails to timely submit a license amendment application in the electronic licensing system designated by the department to notify the department of a license holder's business or assumed name change, deletion of a line-make, or management or ownership change; (6) fails to notify the department or pay or reimburse a franchised dealer as required by law; (7) misuses or fails to display a license plate as required by law, or fails to report a lost, stolen, or damaged license plate within the time designated by rule; (8) is a manufacturer or distributor and fails to provide a manufacturer's certificate for a new vehicle; (9) fails to remain regularly and actively engaged in the business of manufacturing, assembling, or modifying a new motor vehicle of the type and line make for which a license has been issued by the department; (10) violates a provision of Occupations Code, Chapter 2301; Transportation Code Chapters 501-503 or 1001-1005; a board order or rule; or a regulation of the department relating to the manufacture, assembly, sale, lease, distribution, financing, or insuring of vehicles, including advertising rules under Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Advertising); (11) is convicted of an offense that directly relates to the duties or responsibilities of the occupation in accordance with §211.3 of this title (relating to Criminal Offense Guidelines); (12) is determined by the board or department, in accordance with §215.89 of this title (relating to Fitness), to be unfit to hold a license; (13) omits information or makes a material misrepresentation in any application or other documentation filed with the department including providing a false or forged identity document or a false or forged photograph, electronic image, or other document; (14) fails to remit payment as ordered for a civil penalty assessed by the board or department; (15) violates any state or federal law or regulation relating to the manufacture, distribution, modification, or sale of a motor vehicle; (16) fails to issue a refund as ordered by the board or department; (17) fails to participate in statutorily required mediation without good cause; or (18) fails to keep or maintain records required under Occupations Code, Chapter 2305, Subchapter D. ## Nearby sections - [43 Tex. 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