Original Article: www.defensivedrivingamarillo.com/vehicle-registration-renewal-has-changed-in-texas/

1. All You Need To Know About
The New Texas Vehicle Registration Sticker

2. A new law updating the vehicle registration process
was passed in the Texas 2014 legislative session.
This new law affects every Texas driver.

3. We will still need to get our vehicles
inspected and pay the State for our vehicle
registration yearly, but both will be displayed
as part of one sticker on your windshield;
that’s the short version.

4. As it is with any law, the practical part is a bit more
complicated.

5. Vehicle Registration Renewal Is Still The Same.
As of March 1, 2015, you will have to get your vehicle
registration renewed when it is due; that doesn’t
change.

6. The only difference is that your vehicle’s inspection
must be up-to-date before they will allow you to
renew your vehicle registration.

7. So, if your state inspection is due after your renewal,
you will be able to renew the vehicle registration
normally.

8. You will then use the sticker to replace both stickers
(vehicle registration and safety inspection) that are on
your windshield.

9. Your next state inspection is not due again until right
before your next vehicle registration renewal, so you
might be able to save a few bucks.

10. What If Your State Inspection Is Due
Before Or At The Same Time As Your
Vehicle Registration Renewal?

11. If your state inspection is due at the same time your
vehicle registration renewal is due, simply renew your
inspection.

12. You will be able to renew your vehicle registration
once the inspection record is in the state's databases.

13. If inspection is due before, things are only a little
more complicated.

14. Have your vehicle safety inspected in the month that
it is due.

15. You will not receive a sticker, so save the safety report
in your glove compartment.

16. You can use this to show a police officer that you
have a proper safety inspection if you are stopped for
something else.

17. When your vehicle registration is due, register your
vehicle as normal and use the sticker to replace both
of the previous ones.

18. You then follow the new process of “inspection, then
renewal” in the month your vehicle registration is
due.

19. The State of Texas has set up a website to help answer
all of your questions about the new vehicle
registration system.

20. The website address is TwoStepsOneSticker.com.

21. In the long run the new vehicle registration renewal
system should help everyone.