Texas Estates Code - EST § 115.001. Definitions

(1) “Beneficiary designation” means the designation by an owner of a motor vehicle of a beneficiary of the vehicle as provided by Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.

(2) “Designated beneficiary” means a person designated as a beneficiary of an owner's interest in a motor vehicle under Section 501.0315, Transportation Code.

(3) “Joint owner with right of survivorship” or “joint owner” means a person who owns a motor vehicle concurrently with one or more other persons with a right of survivorship.  The term does not include an owner of community property with or without a right of survivorship.

(4) “Motor vehicle” has the meaning assigned by Section 501.002, Transportation Code.

(5) “Person” has the meaning assigned by Section 311.005, Government Code.