Section 217.74 - [Effective 7/1/2025] webDEALER Access, Use, and Training(a) Each county tax assessor-collector shall request access to, and accept title applications submitted through, webDEALER. A county tax assessor-collector must utilize webDEALER in order to accept a title application in the county as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person who wishes to become a user of webDEALER must contact each entity to whom they submit title applications for authorization to utilize webDEALER. A user must receive authorization from each entity, including each county tax assessor-collector, to whom the user submits title applications. Title applications submitted to the department require the authorization by the department.(c) A motor vehicle dealer who holds a general distinguishing number (holder) must contact each county tax assessor-collector to whom they submit title applications for webDEALER access. The county must provide the holder access. A holder must obtain access from each county to whom the user submits title applications. All active holders must obtain access to webDEALER in advance of July 1, 2025. If a holder does not have webDEALER access by April 30, 2025, the department may provide the holder access to webDEALER in the county where the holder is located.(d) A county tax assessor-collector may authorize a deputy appointed by the county tax assessor-collector in accordance with subchapter H of this chapter (relating to Deputies) to utilize webDEALER.(e) An entity or person authorized under subsection (b) of this section may have their authorization to use webDEALER revoked, rescinded, or cancelled at any time, with no notice, at the discretion of a county tax assessor-collector or the department.(f) When submitting a title application through webDEALER, a user must: (1) stamp the word "SURRENDERED" across the front face and the next open assignment or reassignment space of any secure title document or other acceptable ownership evidence as determined by the department in: (C) a size of 1/4" height x 2 1/4" length;(2) retain the physical document described in paragraph (1) of this subsection for a minimum of four calendar years from the date of submitting a scanned copy of the stamped title document using the webDEALER system; and(3) submit any documents required to be submitted with the title application with a scanned resolution of at least 200 dots per inch (DPI).(g) Required webDEALER training. Each user accessing webDEALER under the account of a holder that is described under subsection (c) and required to process title and registration transactions through webDEALER in accordance with Transportation Code, Section 520.0055, must complete webDEALER training conducted by the department by April 30, 2025. New users created on or after April 30, 2025, must complete webDEALER training before being given webDEALER permissions. (1) Required training will include, at a minimum, training regarding transactions performed in webDEALER and proper use of the system.(2) A user who has had access to webDEALER for more than six months and submitted more than 100 transactions within the system as of October 1, 2024, is not required to take the webDEALER training under this section.(3) Failure for holders and users accessing webDEALER under the holder's account to complete the required training as outlined in this section shall result in denial of access to webDEALER.43 Tex. Admin. Code § 217.74
The provisions of this former §217.74 adopted to be effective March 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 1761; repealed by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 10, March 6, 2015, TexReg 1099, eff. 3/12/2015; Current section adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 08, February 23, 2018, TexReg 1147, eff. 3/1/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 42, October 16, 2020, TexReg 7442, eff. 10/21/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 45, November 8, 2024, TexReg 9004, eff. 7/1/2025