Requirements to become a Texas Resident?

[doctorjef]

Originally Posted by Upper_D_Robb

What is the driver's test like in Texas ? In PA they weed out all the newbies by telling the students to make a left at the stop sign as they pull into the test track and of course they do just that without stopping ... bingo, they flunk asap and have to wait a month for a retest.

Anyway, I'm curious so I know what to expect. And I do trust you but not necessarily because you're a cop !

OTOH in Delaware I just traded my old TX DL for a DE one -- no test at all, except vision. The minimal level of government in DE makes both TX and PA look like the Soviet Union (or maybe just the UK, exaggerating less).

[4beanie]

We live in Cal right now, but have purchased a home in Texas and plan on going back and forth. We would like to register our truck in Texas and leave it there. We have 2 other cars registered in Cal and a home. Am understanding that we cannot register the truck in Texas without getting a DL. What if we buy a new truck in Texas. We are still Ca. residents and need to maintain our licenses here.

[choirgirlsrbetr]

OK so here is my situation. My boyfriend and I currently live with his dad, rent free. Our names aren't on any rental agreements, utilities etc. He has a state issued drivers license and I have a state issued ID card both with oklahoma addresses. We are going to move to TX to be closer to my grandparents. We will be staying with them, again without a rental agreement, utilities etc. We are both planning on getting bank accounts down there and I am planning on getting my driver's license in TX (for clarification we are both over 18). He wants to establish residency there before he joins the Navy which is in a few months. How do we go about doing that or can we do that?

[Nanny2008]

Okay, so I've been living in Austin since December of 2008 and wasn't intending to stay for any longer than a year. (I also am new to the whole changing your driver's license over thing...which I am in the process of taking care of...but I digress...) I'm considering a few education options here in Texas and I don't know where to begin. Since I've been here for about 9 months and haven't done anything to really claim residency beyond my address change, I'm honestly scared that I won't meet the requirements for residecny in Texas for school.

I'm a live-in nanny so I don't own or rent the house I live in. I changed my address to my Texas address back in December but not my license. My boss provides the car for me, so I can't get that changed into my name. What do I do?! Where do I begin with all of this so I can possibly start taking classes in the Spring?

[jtur88]

I got my Texas state ID with a passport and a postally-delivered envelope mailed to me at a Texas address. Now I am a Texas resident.

[tmaz]

Originally Posted by Steel Man

TGM is 100% correct! Here are the Texas Department of Transportation web sites for info on getting a Texas Driver License and registering a car.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Courtesy, Service, Protection

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/services/..._residents.htm

From the links...

New residents moving into Texas, who have a valid driver license from their home state, have 90 days after entry into the state to secure a Texas driver license.

New residents are required to do the following within 30 days of moving to Texas:

Get a vehicle inspection
Register and title their vehicle

Having just relocated here, I find it odd that the vehicle registration and driver licensing are done at 2 different offices..not necessarily bad..just confusing when you are new and used to 'one stop shopping'. And the new resident tax on vehicles!! What a surprise..