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Texas car registration fees
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Texas charges a $50.75 base registration fee for passenger cars and light trucks up to 6,000 lbs ($54 from 6,001 to 10,000 lbs), plus a $1 insurance-verification (TexasSure) fee, a $7.50 inspection program replacement fee and a $4.75 processing and handling fee.
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$78.2512-month renewal example
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- State fees$66.75
- County / local$11.50
- One-time$0.00
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| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
| State fees | $66.75 |
| County / local | $11.50 |
| One-time | $0.00 |
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Base registration fee | $50.75 |
| Insurance verification fee (TexasSure, Reg Fee-DPS) | $1.00 |
| Inspection program replacement fee (annual) | $7.50 |
| Emissions inspection fee (state portion) | $2.75 |
| Processing and handling fee | $4.75 |
| Local county fees | $11.50 |
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Registration fee schedule
Only applicable fees contribute to your estimate. Optional fees are excluded unless selected. One-time fees apply only to new registrations.
| Fee | Amount or rule | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Base registration fee | Up to 6,000 lbs: $50.75; Up to 10,000 lbs: $54.00 Fee Chart 1C: passenger vehicles/trucks 6,000 lbs or less $50.75; all vehicles 6,001-10,000 lbs $54. TxDMV uses gross vehicle weight for trucks. | All listed vehiclesAll listed vehicles |
| Insurance verification fee (TexasSure, Reg Fee-DPS) | $1.00 Transportation Code §502.357, quoted in the Registration Manual §8.4. The renewal notice shows it folded into a $51.75 'Registration Fee'. | All listed vehiclesAll listed vehicles |
| Inspection program replacement fee (annual) | $7.50 Transportation Code §548.510(a), Registration Manual §8.2 and §22.4: $7.50 a year at renewal. | See conditionsregistration type: renewal |
| Inspection program replacement fee (annual, first Texas registration of a used vehicle) | $7.50 Transportation Code §548.510(a): the $7.50 annual fee also applies at initial registration of a vehicle that does not qualify for the two-year fee. | See conditionsregistration type: new; min age years: 2 |
| Inspection program replacement fee (new vehicle, two-year) | $16.75 Transportation Code §548.510(b)-(c), Registration Manual §8.2 and §22.4, TxDMV FAQ: a one-time $16.75 instead of $7.50 on the initial registration of a new passenger car or light truck; no $7.50 is due the next registration year. Brand-new means a current or preceding model-year vehicle never registered in Texas or another state; the calculator treats a 'new' registration with a model year no more than one year older than 2026 as brand-new, so a used out-of-state vehicle of those years will show $9.25 more inspection fee than it owes. | See conditionsregistration type: new; max age years: 1 |
| Emissions inspection fee (state portion) | $2.75 Registration Manual §22.4: the $2.75 state portion is collected at registration in emissions counties, on top of the inspection station's own charge. Some vehicles in these counties are exempt from emissions testing; TxDMV checks the inspection database. Counties per the TxDMV FAQ. | See conditionscounty: Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman, Montgomery, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson; registration type: renewal |
| Emissions inspection fee (state portion, first Texas registration of a used vehicle) | $2.75 Registration Manual §22.4. Not charged on brand-new vehicles, which need no emissions test for their first two years (Registration Manual §5). | See conditionscounty: Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman, Montgomery, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson; registration type: new; min age years: 2 |
| Processing and handling fee | $4.75 Registration Manual §1: $4.75 P&H fee on registration renewals, including online renewals. Some full-service deputies may add their own convenience fee, which is not modeled. | All listed vehiclesAll listed vehicles |
| Local county fees | View county ratesAnderson: $11.50; Andrews: $7.00; Angelina: $10.00; Aransas: $11.50; Archer: $10.00; Armstrong: $10.00; Atascosa: $10.00; Austin: $10.00; Bailey: $10.00; Bandera: $10.00; Bastrop: $11.50; Baylor: $10.00; Bee: $10.00; Bell: $11.50; Bexar: $21.50; Blanco: $11.50; Borden: $0.00; Bosque: $10.00; Bowie: $10.00; Brazoria: $10.00; Brazos: $11.50; Brewster: $10.00; Briscoe: $11.50; Brooks: $11.50; Brown: $11.50; Burleson: $11.50; Burnet: $11.50; Caldwell: $11.50; Calhoun: $10.00; Callahan: $10.00; Cameron: $21.50; Camp: $10.50; Carson: $10.00; Cass: $11.50; Castro: $11.00; Chambers: $11.50; Cherokee: $10.00; Childress: $10.00; Clay: $10.00; Cochran: $10.00; Coke: $10.00; Coleman: $10.00; Collin: $11.50; Collingsworth: $10.00; Colorado: $10.00; Comal: $11.50; Comanche: $11.00; Concho: $10.00; Cooke: $11.00; Coryell: $10.00; Cottle: $10.00; Crane: $1.50; Crockett: $5.00; Crosby: $10.00; Culberson: $10.00; Dallam: $10.00; Dallas: $11.50; Dawson: $10.00; Deaf Smith: $10.00; Delta: $10.00; Denton: $11.50; DeWitt: $10.00; Dickens: $10.00; Dimmitt: $11.50; Donley: $10.00; Duval: $10.00; Eastland: $10.00; Ector: $10.00; Edwards: $11.00; Ellis: $10.00; El Paso: $20.00; Erath: $10.00; Falls: $11.50; Fannin: $10.00; Fayette: $10.00; Fisher: $10.00; Floyd: $10.00; Foard: $10.00; Fort Bend: $11.50; Franklin: $11.50; Freestone: $10.00; Frio: $11.50; Gaines: $10.00; Galveston: $10.00; Garza: $10.00; Gillespie: $11.50; Glasscock: $10.00; Goliad: $11.50; Gonzales: $10.00; Gray: $10.00; Grayson: $10.00; Gregg: $9.00; Grimes: $10.00; Guadalupe: $11.50; Hale: $10.00; Hall: $10.00; Hamilton: $10.00; Hansford: $10.00; Hardeman: $10.00; Hardin: $10.00; Harris: $11.50; Harrison: $11.50; Hartley: $10.00; Haskell: $10.00; Hays: $10.00; Hemphill: $10.00; Henderson: $10.00; Hidalgo: $20.00; Hill: $10.00; Hockley: $10.00; Hood: $10.00; Hopkins: $11.00; Houston: $10.00; Howard: $11.50; Hudspeth: $10.00; Hunt: $11.00; Hutchinson: $10.00; Irion: $10.00; Jack: $10.00; Jackson: $10.50; Jasper: $10.00; Jeff Davis: $11.50; Jefferson: $10.00; Jim Hogg: $11.50; Jim Wells: $11.50; Johnson: $11.50; Jones: $10.00; Karnes: $10.00; Kaufman: $11.50; Kendall: $11.00; Kenedy: $0.00; Kent: $0.00; Kerr: $11.50; Kimble: $10.00; King: $0.00; Kinney: $11.50; Kleberg: $10.00; Knox: $10.00; Lamar: $10.00; Lamb: $10.00; Lampasas: $11.50; La Salle: $11.50; Lavaca: $10.00; Lee: $10.00; Leon: $10.00; Liberty: $10.00; Limestone: $10.00; Lipscomb: $10.00; Live Oak: $10.00; Llano: $11.50; Loving: $0.00; Lubbock: $10.00; Lynn: $10.00; Madison: $10.00; Marion: $10.00; Martin: $10.00; Mason: $11.50; Matagorda: $10.00; Maverick: $11.50; McCulloch: $11.50; McLennan: $11.50; McMullen: $0.00; Medina: $10.00; Menard: $11.50; Midland: $10.00; Milam: $10.00; Mills: $11.50; Mitchell: $10.00; Montague: $11.50; Montgomery: $10.00; Moore: $10.00; Morris: $10.00; Motley: $10.00; Nacogdoches: $10.00; Navarro: $10.00; Newton: $10.00; Nolan: $10.00; Nueces: $10.00; Ochiltree: $10.00; Oldham: $10.00; Orange: $10.00; Palo Pinto: $10.00; Panola: $1.50; Parker: $11.50; Parmer: $10.00; Pecos: $10.00; Polk: $11.50; Potter: $11.50; Presidio: $10.00; Rains: $11.50; Randall: $11.50; Reagan: $10.00; Real: $10.00; Red River: $10.00; Reeves: $11.50; Refugio: $10.00; Roberts: $10.00; Robertson: $11.50; Rockwall: $11.50; Runnels: $10.00; Rusk: $11.00; Sabine: $11.50; San Augustine: $11.50; San Jacinto: $11.50; San Patricio: $11.50; San Saba: $10.00; Schleicher: $10.00; Scurry: $10.00; Shackelford: $10.00; Shelby: $11.50; Sherman: $10.00; Smith: $11.50; Somervell: $11.50; Starr: $10.00; Stephens: $10.00; Sterling: $0.00; Stonewall: $10.00; Sutton: $10.00; Swisher: $10.00; Tarrant: $10.00; Taylor: $10.00; Terrell: $10.00; Terry: $10.00; Throckmorton: $10.00; Titus: $10.00; Tom Green: $11.50; Travis: $11.50; Trinity: $11.50; Tyler: $11.00; Upshur: $11.00; Upton: $5.00; Uvalde: $10.00; Val Verde: $11.50; Van Zandt: $11.50; Victoria: $11.50; Walker: $10.00; Waller: $10.00; Ward: $0.00; Washington: $10.00; Webb: $20.00; Wharton: $10.00; Wheeler: $10.00; Wichita: $11.50; Wilbarger: $10.00; Willacy: $10.00; Williamson: $11.50; Wilson: $10.00; Winkler: $7.50; Wise: $10.00; Wood: $11.50; Yoakum: $10.00; Young: $10.00; Zapata: $11.50; Zavala: $11.50 County road and bridge, child safety and (in some border/large counties) transportation project fees, as listed on TxDMV Fee Chart 1C for 2026. | All listed vehiclesAll listed vehicles |
| Electric vehicle fee (annual) | $200.00 Transportation Code §502.360(b)(2), Registration Manual §8.6: $200 a year for an all-electric vehicle of 10,000 lbs or less. Hybrids pay no extra fee. | See conditionsfuel type: electric; registration type: renewal |
| Electric vehicle fee (annual, first Texas registration of a used EV) | $200.00 Transportation Code §502.360(b)(2): $200 at initial registration of an EV that is not a new vehicle. | See conditionsfuel type: electric; registration type: new; min age years: 2 |
| Electric vehicle fee (new EV, two years) | $400.00 Transportation Code §502.360(b)(1), Registration Manual §8.6: new electric vehicles issued two years of registration pay $400 instead of $200. Brand-new means a current or preceding model-year vehicle never registered in Texas or another state; the calculator treats a 'new' registration with a model year no more than one year older than 2026 as brand-new, so a used out-of-state vehicle of those years will show $9.25 more inspection fee and $200 more EV fee than it owes. | See conditionsfuel type: electric; registration type: new; max age years: 1 |
| Title application fee | View county ratesBastrop: $33.00; Bexar: $33.00; Brazoria: $33.00; Caldwell: $33.00; Chambers: $33.00; Collin: $33.00; Comal: $33.00; Dallas: $33.00; Denton: $33.00; Ellis: $33.00; El Paso: $33.00; Fort Bend: $33.00; Galveston: $33.00; Gregg: $33.00; Guadalupe: $33.00; Hardin: $33.00; Harris: $33.00; Harrison: $33.00; Hays: $33.00; Henderson: $33.00; Hood: $33.00; Hunt: $33.00; Jefferson: $33.00; Johnson: $33.00; Kaufman: $33.00; Liberty: $33.00; Montgomery: $33.00; Nueces: $33.00; Orange: $33.00; Parker: $33.00; Rockwall: $33.00; Rusk: $33.00; San Patricio: $33.00; Smith: $33.00; Tarrant: $33.00; Travis: $33.00; Upshur: $33.00; Victoria: $33.00; Waller: $33.00; Williamson: $33.00; Wilson: $33.00; Wise: $33.00; Other counties: $28.00 Transportation Code §501.138, Title Manual Table 3-1: $33 in the listed nonattainment/affected counties, $28 elsewhere. Charged when a vehicle is titled, not at renewal. | New registrationAll listed vehicles; one-time |
How Texas fees work
Texas charges a $50.75 base registration fee for passenger cars and light trucks up to 6,000 lbs ($54 from 6,001 to 10,000 lbs), plus a $1 insurance-verification (TexasSure) fee, a $7.50 inspection program replacement fee and a $4.75 processing and handling fee. Your county adds a local fee of $0 to $21.50 under TxDMV's 2026 chart, and the 17 emissions-testing counties add the $2.75 state share of the emissions inspection fee. Fully electric vehicles pay an extra $200 a year ($400 for a brand-new EV), and a brand-new vehicle's first registration pays a one-time $16.75 inspection fee instead of $7.50 and skips the emissions fee. Title ($28 or $33 by county) applies only when you buy or first title a vehicle.
The listed registration period is 12 months. Agency information
Cost factors: weight, county, fuel, age.
Electric & hybrid surcharges
Electric: $200.00 in the listed schedule. Fee source
Choose the matching fuel type in the calculator to include the applicable surcharge.
Late registration
Texas has a five-day grace period after expiration for driving. If you are cited for expired registration, you must renew in person and pay a 20% penalty on the registration fee (Transportation Code §502.045(d)); the citation itself can be up to $200. Without a citation there is no late fee, but the registration keeps its original month.
Confirm deadlines and penalties with the agencyWorked example
2022 gas sedan, 3,500 lbs, $25,000 value, renewal in Harris County (emissions county): $50.75 registration + $1 TexasSure + $7.50 inspection replacement + $2.75 emissions state fee + $4.75 processing and handling + $11.50 Harris County local fees.
Listed total: $78.25
See the fee rules and sources aboveCommon questions
How are Texas registration fees calculated?
Texas charges a $50.75 base registration fee for passenger cars and light trucks up to 6,000 lbs ($54 from 6,001 to 10,000 lbs), plus a $1 insurance-verification (TexasSure) fee, a $7.50 inspection program replacement fee and a $4.75 processing and handling fee. Your county adds a local fee of $0 to $21.50 under TxDMV's 2026 chart, and the 17 emissions-testing counties add the $2.75 state share of the emissions inspection fee. Fully electric vehicles pay an extra $200 a year ($400 for a brand-new EV), and a brand-new vehicle's first registration pays a one-time $16.75 inspection fee instead of $7.50 and skips the emissions fee. Title ($28 or $33 by county) applies only when you buy or first title a vehicle.
Where can I confirm my final registration cost?
Confirm the final amount with Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV). Its official website is linked below the calculator and in this guide’s sources.
What other limitations should I consider?
Local fees come from TxDMV's 2026 Fee Chart 1C and range from $0 to $21.50 by county. Inspection station charges (paid at the station in emissions counties) are not part of registration and are not included. Brand-new vehicles (current or preceding model year, never registered anywhere) pay a one-time $16.75 inspection replacement fee and, if electric, a $400 EV fee, in place of the annual $7.50 and $200; TxDMV describes these as two-year registrations. The manual does not state whether the base and local fees are also collected for two years at that first registration, so the calculator shows one year of those. Sales tax and the $2.50 transfer fee are not included. Specialty and personalized plate fees vary by plate and are not included.
Sources and last checked
Sources
- Texas Registration Fees, Fee Chart 1C (effective Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2026) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Motor Vehicle Registration Manual (August 2026) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Motor Vehicle Title Manual (August 2026) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Register Your Vehicle Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- TxDMV FAQs (emissions counties, inspection replacement fee) Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
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