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KEN PAXTON
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
January 22, 2025
The Honorable Donna Campbell, M.D.
Chair, Senate Committee on Nominations
Texas State Senate
Post Office Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711-2068
Opinion No. KP-0477
Re: Whether electronic notice captured by a QR code on a traffic violation card satisfies
the notice requirements of Transportation Code sections 543.003 and 543.004
(RQ-0552-KP)
Dear Senator Campbell:
You ask about a traffic violation card containing certain information, including a QR code,
that provides the alleged violator access to the complete citation electronically.1 Specifically,
you ask whether electronic notice captured by a QR [c]ode on the card satisfies the requirements
of Transportation Code sections 543.003 and 543.004, provided that the . . . [c]ard provides on
its face the time, the place to appear, as well as the citation number. Request Letter at 1. You limit
your question to the three ticketing circumstances in Transportation Code sections 543.003 and
543.004, namely: (1) speeding; (2) use of a wireless communication device while driving; and
(3) violating the State's open container law. Id.
Background: traditional citations, citation machines, and e-citations.
Transportation Code sections 543.003 and 543.004 concern certain non-custodial arrests
for misdemeanor violations of Title 7, subtitle C of the Transportation Code. See generally TEX.
TRANSP. CODE §§ 543.003-.004 (governing written notices to appear). You tell us that law
1 Letter and Exhibits from Hon. Donna Campbell, M.D., Chair, S. Comm. on Nominations, to Hon. Ken
Paxton, Tex. Att'y Gen. at 1-2 (July 25, 2024), https://www.texasattomeygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/request-
files/request/2024/RQ0552KP.pdf (Request Letter and Exhibits, respectively).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.sag/sagtx0227&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)