New law eliminates most vehicle safety inspections.
Texas DMV
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*NEWS RELEASE*
*Texas vehicle inspection changes** coming soon* [ [link removed] ]
"New law eliminates most vehicle safety inspections"
(AUSTIN, Texas – September 9, 2024) Beginning January 1, 2025, Texas vehicle owners will no longer be required to obtain a safety inspection prior to vehicle registration. House Bill 3297, passed during the 88th Legislature in 2023, abolishes the vehicle safety inspection program for non-commercial vehicles.
The new law maintains the annual $7.50 safety inspection fee under a new name: Inspection Program Replacement Fee. The state will collect the fee at the time of vehicle registration. Owners registering a new vehicle will pay a $16.75 Inspection Program Replacement Fee to cover the first two years.
State law will still require vehicle emissions inspections in the following 17 counties prior to vehicle registration:
* Brazoria County
* Fort Bend County
* Parker County
* Collin County
* Galveston County
* Rockwall County
* Dallas County
* Harris County
* Tarrant County
* Denton County
* Johnson County
* Travis County
* El Paso County
* Kaufman County
* Williamson County
* Ellis County
* Montgomery County
*Informational Links** *
* Vehicle Registration [ [link removed] ] (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
* Vehicle Safety Inspection [ [link removed] ] (Texas Department of Public Safety)
* Vehicle Emissions Inspection [ [link removed] ] (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
* House Bill 3297 [ [link removed] ] (88th Legislature)
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