✅ Updated March 2022

Ultimate guide to Registering your Vehicle in Texas

Here'southward the ultimate guide to registering your vehicle in Texas. We've simplified the unabridged process for you so you can save time.

What You lot'll Need to Register your Vehicle in Texas

📌 Completed Awarding for Texas Certificate of Title ( Form 130-U ) (also used for vehicle registrations)

📌Proof of identity

  • Full list of accepted documents

📌 Proof of vehicle buying

📌 Proof of vehicle insurance

📌 Certificate of vehicle safety inspection

📌 Certificate of Inspection for emissions testing (if applicable)

📌 Payment (estimate your total required payment here )

  • Registration fees (vary by vehicle type and county)
  • State, local, and canton fees
  • Vehicle inspection fee (paid directly to DMV, in addition to the fee assessed by inspection station)

You can also annals your vehicle online here. You will need to provide your drivers' license number and the last four digits of your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

What You'll Do to Annals your Vehicle in Texas

  • Step 1: Visit your nearest County Taxation Function
    • Submit the required documents and identification
    • Submit the applicable payment
    • Receive new license plates (optional)
    • Receive your registration sticker
  • Footstep 2: Braze your registration sticker to the windshield of your vehicle

Caveats and Exceptions

  • Bank check if y'all are required to obtain a Document of Inspection for emissions testing: It depends on which county you reside in, and the age and type of your vehicle.  Discover out here .
  • Did you buy the vehicle from a dealership? Then the dealer will submit the vehicle's title and registration applications for you.  You will incur titling and registration fees from the dealer directly.
  • Did you lot purchase a new vehicle from a dealership? So you are eligible to obtain a multi-twelvemonth registration.

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