Texas Getting Rid of Vehicle Inspection Window Stickers!

[toyotafan]

This has been coming for a while, but it's just a month away now from what I understand.

Texas is going to get rid of the inspection sticker on your vehicle's windshield. You still have to get the inspection done, but that inspection will become part of your registration so you will only have one sticker and one anniversary date to keep up with.

Full Story: http://kxan.com/2014/06/24/texas-to-no-longer-require-auto-inspection-sticker/

 

[tbplus10]

Is this good or bad? Ive read some info but still wondering if Im missing something.

 

[toyotafan]

Yeah, seems like it just snuck up on everyone. I guess they're going to do what you have to do in other states, there are two ways to do this, but if they're going to one sticker then you must have to get inspected and then go get it registered after that. No inspection probably means no registration.

 

[tbplus10]

California required a copy of the inspection cert be included with the registration renewal back in the eighties, dont know if thats changed.
Never had an inspection sticker requirement.
No inspection = no tag renewal, worked fine for me.

 

[toyotafan]

I was blocked from registering today even though I have an active inspection sticker on my vehicle. Not sure what gives.

 

[tbplus10]

I registered my bike and my wifes Jeep Wrangler on line yesterday and had no problems.
I was expecting issues since Ive heard others having problems over the last few months.

 

[toyotafan]

They're telling me that because in outside of the grace period that my registration is late and I need to get a new inspection. That's bs because if I registered in time, I would simply throw away my current Inspection sticker and just get it inspected during my next registration. Now they're telling me that I have to get it inspected now and again inside of the next 12 months ... even though the language states explicitly that I don't need to do that.

 

[tbplus10]

Im not sure the people implementing this new system even understand it.

 

[toyotafan]

Yeah, they said it was a massive headache for them.

I was totally unaware that Texas created a DMV back in 2009! That took me by surprise as most states had a DMV but Texas never did, just a DPS.

 

[TDave]

Nebraska got rid of them in the mid 80's IIRC. They don't even have inspection at registration.

Of course, now you see all kinds of contraption jalopies cruising the streets that would have never passed inspection back then, lol.

How much longer does it take you to register your vehicle now, with the inspection? We can do registration online, so it's a lot nicer.

Wonder how many states still do inspections?

 

[geezala]

Sounds like a way to save some tax dollars by combining inspection and registration.

I'm surprised more states haven't started up inspections, just to add a little more tax money to the public coffers.

 

[toyotafan]

It's supposed to save several million $.

 

[TDave]

Wow, thought it would bring in more tax dollars than it would spend, must be due to the amount of time to do them.

 

[toyotafan]

I broke down and went ahead and get the inspection done ... which stinks because in a period of 9 months I will have to get two inspections done, which is what the law was supposed to avoid!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrr

 

[toyotafan]

I know I posted this before, but I have to re-register again and still floors me that Texas created a DMV in 2009!

 

[kennythewelder]

Our registration is on our licence plate. Some vehicles are every 2 years, trucks and other vehicles are every 4 years. It is $10 a year for every 10,000 that you vehicle is worth, So if your truck is worth 30,000 then your sticker is $30, with $10 being the minimum you will pay per year. This must be done ether in the mail or at the DMV. As for our inspection sticker, that is done at an inspection station. A lot of mechanic shops do this, it is also $10 per year, and you can now get a 2 year sticker for $20. It doesn't matter what you vehicle is worth for the inspection sticker. So we only have 1 sticker on the windshield, the inspection sticker. A boat trailer
motor cycle ect has the same rules, they just staple the inspection sticker to your copy of the regeneration. But keep on mind that in Louisiana we do have state taxes that yall dont in Tx.

 

[toyotafan]

reminds me that I have to get this done for my rigs again. wish we could do every 2 years.

 

[toyotafan]

Just one sticker anymore.

 

[toyotafan]

This is a distant memory for those of us in Texas now. Goodbye and good riddance.