Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 521.043

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The department is not required to maintain records relating to a person if the director decides that the records are no longer necessary, except that the department shall maintain a record of a conviction as long as the record may be used:
(1) as grounds for a license cancellation, suspension, revocation, or denial; or
(2) in conjunction with other records of convictions, to establish that a person is a frequent violator of traffic laws.