✅ Updated April 2022

Ultimate guide to Registering your Vehicle in Texas

Here'due south the ultimate guide to registering your vehicle in Texas. We've simplified the entire process for y'all and then you tin can save time.

What You'll Need to Annals your Vehicle in Texas

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

📌Proof of identity

  • Full listing of accepted documents

📌 Proof of vehicle ownership

📌 Proof of vehicle insurance

📌 Document of vehicle safe inspection

📌 Certificate of Inspection for emissions testing (if applicable)

📌 Payment (estimate your total required payment here )

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

You tin also register your vehicle online here. You volition need to provide your drivers' license number and the final four digits of your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

What You'll Do to Register your Vehicle in Texas

  • Step 1: Visit your nearest Canton Tax Office
    • Submit the required documents and identification
    • Submit the applicable payment
    • Receive new license plates (optional)
    • Receive your registration sticker
  • Pace 2: Affix your registration sticker to the windshield of your vehicle

Caveats and Exceptions

  • Cheque if you are required to obtain a Certificate of Inspection for emissions testing: It depends on which county you reside in, and the historic period and type of your vehicle.  Discover out hither .
  • Did y'all buy the vehicle from a dealership? And so the dealer will submit the vehicle'south title and registration applications for you lot.  You will incur titling and registration fees from the dealer directly.
  • Did you purchase a new vehicle from a dealership? Then you are eligible to obtain a multi-yr registration.

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