All vehicles
registered in Texas for the first time are subject to proof of liability
insurance. All vehicles currently registered in Texas may also need to
provide proof of insurance to renew registration if the automatic verification
via TXDMV's statewide database indicates that verificiation is required.
Effective January 1, 2011 Texas' minimum standards for liability coverage are 30 / 60 / 25. Per the TX Department of Motor Vehicles, most current auto insurance policies automatically cover the new amounts until the policy is renewed. Please contact your insurance provider directly if you have any questions about your current coverage amounts.
If you are new to Texas and have liability coverage from
another state that meets this minimum, be sure to submit the declarations
page from your policy that details your specific liability coverage. Research
vehicle insurance at the Texas Department
of Insurance web site. If you are new to Texas you can read more about
the requirements and fees for new registration here.
Recent legislative changes impacting vehicle registaration
renewal fees state wide go into effect soon! Find out more by clicking
here. If you are unsure of your renewal fee or have not received your
renewal notice that indicates how much you are being charged to renew,
please call 854-9473 with your license plate number and we can look up
the fee for you.
Effective September 1, 2011, NEW (simplified)
REGISTRATION RENEWAL FEES APPLY
$64.25 = ALL Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks
weighing up to 6,000 pounds ($50.75 registration + $13.50 local fees) $43.50 = ALL Motorcycles ($30.00 registration + $13.50
local fees) $ 7.00 = ALL Regular, Personalized and Disabled REPLACEMENT
License Plates and/or Registation Stickers ($6.00 replacement fee + $1.00
local fees) $58.50 =ALL Trailers up to 6,000 pounds ($45.00 registration
+ $13.50 local fees)
Prior to September 1, 2011 there were over 1,600 different
registration fees based on weight for vehicles over 6,000 pounds. Those
1,600 fees have now been simplified into the following seven.
If your registration is expired, please call (512) 854-9473
with your VIN or license plate number for correct renewal fees.
TxDMV offers OTHER SERVICES online which include updating your mailing address for your registration, signing up for e-mail renewal reminders and paying for registration renewal online. All of these services can be done on their website.
Request a Registration Renewal Form
A current renewal form is REQUIRED to renew at a neighborhood HEB grocery
store or the City of Jonestown. Current is defined as: issued for a vehicle
in Travis County --AND-- dated for expiration this month or next month.
All other methods (telephone, online, by mail or in
person at a tax office location) do not require a renewal form. However,
please be prepared with your proof of insurance and the vehicle's license
plate or VIN number regardless of which payment method you choose.
You may request a duplicate registration renewal form
if you live in Travis County and already display current Texas license
plates. The request must be made before the end of the second
week in the month the renewal expires. If it is too late to order
a duplicate renewal, you may simply mail in the renewal fee (from chart
above) with the license plate number or vehicle identification number
(VIN) and proof of insurance to Travis County Tax Office / P. O. Box 149326
/ Austin, TX 78714-9326. If sending a check, make it payable to the Travis County Tax Office. You may renew a current registration (meaning this month
or next month) online at Texas.gov
which requires a credit card (additional fee applies). You may renew by
telephone, regardless of the registration expiration month, with a credit
card (VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express - additional $3 fee applies)
by calling us at (512) 854-9473. You may also renew in person at any of our 5 office locations
(four offices offer drive through service for renewals) and pay for your
renewal with cash, money order, cashier's check, personal check (valid
current photo ID required) or credit card ($3 fee applies). When you renew
in person, the sticker and registration receipt you need will be provided
on the spot.
If the message NEW PLATES REQUIRED appears on your renewal notice, you can renew your registration by mail, online, by phone or in person at any Travis County Tax office location. There is no additional fee if new plates are required. If you renew by mail, online or by phone, your new plates will simply be mailed to you with your new registration sticker.
Please be advised that new plates are NOT available at area HEB locations or at the Jonestown office as those locations DO NOT have any license plates in stock.
The Federal Privacy
Protection Act (18 U.S.C. 2721) places certain restrictions on the
release of personal information. To comply with this legislation, duplicate
renewals may only be released to the vehicle owner of record contained
in the files maintained by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Contact the Tax Office at (512) 854-9473 for details on how we can accommodate
customers' needs in light of this federal amendment.
If you do not yet have Texas plates for your vehicle,
we have information available here to help you obtain
them.
You can order a huge number of designs and layouts for special and/or personalized license plates through MYPLATES.com. Once your order is processed and produced, your plates are mailed to our office for pick up usually within 2 - 3 weeks from the date of order.
You can also order non-profit charity, organization, university, sports team and military plates directly from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TXDMV) special plates division. These plates are also mailed from the manufacturer to our office for customer pick up, usually within 2 -3 weeks from the date of order.
To check to see if a set of plates you've ordered has arrived at our office, please call (512) 854-9473 during business hours or send us an email at Tax_Office@co.travis.tx.us. When you come in to pick up your plates, bring a photo ID, the VIN# for the vehicle the new plates will be assigned to and, if you need to renew that vehicle's registration at the same time, your current proof of insurance.
