Getting My Texas Drivers License, Registration. (Austin, Howe: sales, vehicle registration, insurance)

[AustinEdge]

I'll be having to get my Texas Drivers Licence along with registering my car here in Texas next month. I already have insurance here, but still have my out of state drivers license, and haven't been able to pass inspection due to the fact that I drive a retired police car that never had a horn and has tinted windows past regulation.

Besides my car inspection, what exactly do I need to do? Where should I go, I live in Bouldin, and what documents will be needed? I have my s.s. card, but I have no idea where my birth certificate is...

Thanks guys!

[phoenix_down]

Originally Posted by AustinEdge

I'll be having to get my Texas Drivers Licence along with registering my car here in Texas next month. I already have insurance here, but still have my out of state drivers license, and haven't been able to pass inspection due to the fact that I drive a retired police car that never had a horn and has tinted windows past regulation.

Besides my car inspection, what exactly do I need to do? Where should I go, I live in Bouldin, and what documents will be needed? I have my s.s. card, but I have no idea where my birth certificate is...

Thanks guys!

Here you go

TxDPS - Moving to Texas

Your out of state license is valid for 90 days.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by phoenix_down

Here you go

TxDPS - Moving to Texas

Your out of state license is valid for 90 days.

However, the vehicle registration is a whole 'nuther thang . From the DMV site:
New residents are required to do the following within 30 days of moving to Texas:

• Get a vehicle inspection
• Register and title their vehicle

New residents must have their vehicles pass inspection before having it registered and titled. After having it inspected, owners should take the following to their county tax office:

• inspection certification,
• proof of liability insurance,
• the vehicle's odometer reading if it is less than 10 years old,
• ownership document, which may be:
  • an original out-of-state title,
  • proof of registration (for non-title state),
  • current foreign/military ownership document, or
  • foreign evidence of ownership
• completed Form 130-U (if applying for registration only, without a Texas title, please attach a completed Form VTR-272), and
• the following fees:
  • registration fee,
  • title application fee of $28 or $33, depending on the county, and
  • new resident tax of $90 or proof of sales tax payment

Additional fees may also be due at the time of registration. For more information, contact your county tax office. For information about the new resident tax, contact the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces and non-resident, full-time students attending a Texas college or university are not required to title or register their vehicles in Texas.


You'll want to get your vehicle squared away before you hit DPS for your license.

[ognend]

Originally Posted by AustinEdge

I'll be having to get my Texas Drivers Licence along with registering my car here in Texas next month. I already have insurance here, but still have my out of state drivers license, and haven't been able to pass inspection due to the fact that I drive a retired police car that never had a horn and has tinted windows past regulation.

Besides my car inspection, what exactly do I need to do? Where should I go, I live in Bouldin, and what documents will be needed? I have my s.s. card, but I have no idea where my birth certificate is...

Thanks guys!

One of the stupidest things I have seen so far is that in order to get your driver's license you need to present proof of TX vehicle registration. What if I don't have a car, I can't get the driver's license??

OD

[someguyatx]

Do you have power windows if so here is a trick to pass with illegal tint. Roll down front windows then pull fuse. Windows not able to roll up is not a criteria to fail inspection. cops can still pull you over and ticket you later though its somewhat rare here.

For your horn visit a junkyard. There is certainly an old crown vic or caprice or whatever in a junkyard.

[waitressinthesky]

ugh. i've been putting this off for so long. mostly because of all of the steps for getting the car registered in tx.

[AustinEdge]

You guys are awesome. So, believe it or not, I tried pulling out every fuse and my windows would still roll down and up! I cant figure it out!

But I bought a horn for $15.99 at autozone, had another inspection place install it for $40.00, they told me that my headlights were foggy and it would be another $20 to fix, BUT SAID MY WINDOW TINT PASSED!

so I gladly handed over the $90.00 and got my inspection!

now i'm waiting until feb 12th to get it registered because i have to send away for my birth certificate to get my license, and dont know how long that will take me, and i want the registration of my car and getting my d.l. to be as close together as possible.

P.S. New austin arrivals be prepared for a $90 new resident fee while registering your car. I look at it this way, it's the least i can do.

[phoenix_down]

Originally Posted by AustinEdge

P.S. New austin arrivals be prepared for a $90 new resident fee while registering your car. I look at it this way, it's the least i can do.

That's in lieu of sales tax. I'll take that

[ognend]

Originally Posted by phoenix_down

That's in lieu of sales tax. I'll take that

Sales tax on what?

The $90 is pure robbery.

OD

[verybadgnome]

Originally Posted by ognend

Sales tax on what?

The $90 is pure robbery.

OD

Not really. The majority of the reg. fees goes to road building and maintenance. If it didn't exist the state would have to raise the gas tax to compensate. The inspection is what it is to ensure the public safety and environmental health (the emissions portion of the test) and probably works out to about a dollar a minute of a professional mechanic's time which ain't bad.