After several months finally moving to Texas

[Antares]

You would be surprised what a huge pain it is to move after living 37 years in the same house in Missouri. My wife and I are finally moving to the Houston area on the 26th of this month. We will be staying with my son until the house in MO sells and he will be in the Kemah area. He just purchased a big house. I will probably keep my MO CCW until my house sells but will be hopefully taking a Texas class when I get to Texas. I am really looking forward to my move and hope to meet some of you someday. I think that as long as I have an address in MO I don't have to register my cars in Texas. Hope to see you all soon http://texaschlforum.com/posting.php?mode=post&f=7#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tracker]

Welcome to Texas....ya'll

[John Galt]

Yes, welcome to Texas.

[SigM4]

If it were me I'd register the cars in Texas as soon as possible. Unlike MO, TX does not have a personal property tax. Thus why I kept mine registered in TX as long as I could. Also the reason I refuse to buy a new vehicle while we live here. No way am I paying a yearly tax that equates to an arbitrary value that the state places on a vehicle.

Good luck with the upcoming move.

[carlson1]

Welcome to Texas and the Forum. We will be praying your house sells quickly for your asking price and you can completely relocate.

[ELB]

[couzin]

If it were me I'd register the cars in Texas as soon as possible. Unlike MO, TX does not have a personal property tax.

But you will have to pay the 6.5% presumptive value tax on the vehicle when you register it. I will only hurt for a little while...!! Welcome

[SA_Steve]

Of course, TX does not require you to register your cars when moving from another state.
I never quite understood the concept. edit: I take it all back, but believe it was true at one time (title transfer?), anyway here's the deal, it's cheap:

The base registration fee in Texas is $50.75 plus $1 for TexasSure, the electronic insurance verification program and other Department of Public Safety initiatives, and $1 for improvements to the registration and titling computer system. So, total state registration is $52.75 but counties may add other fees to this cost. The state portion of your vehicle's inspection fee may be due at this time. As a new resident, you also will pay sales tax-related fees required by the state's Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Sales tax fees on a vehicle can be $90 or the difference between your previous state's sales tax and the Texas sales tax.

[ScottDLS]

If it were me I'd register the cars in Texas as soon as possible. Unlike MO, TX does not have a personal property tax.

But you will have to pay the 6.5% presumptive value tax on the vehicle when you register it. I will only hurt for a little while...!! Welcome

I don't think this has been case for used cars since the 1980's. I registered my car here in 1992 after moving here from North Carolina and no charge except registration fee.

[johncanfield]

..I think that as long as I have an address in MO I don't have to register my cars in Texas. ..

That is correct unless you are gainfully employed in Texas and then you have so many days to register the cars here and get a Texas driver's license.

[srothstein]

If it were me I'd register the cars in Texas as soon as possible. Unlike MO, TX does not have a personal property tax.

But you will have to pay the 6.5% presumptive value tax on the vehicle when you register it. I will only hurt for a little while...!! Welcome

I don't think this has been case for used cars since the 1980's. I registered my car here in 1992 after moving here from North Carolina and no charge except registration fee.

I just looked. If the car is bought out of state, you owe the full sales tax minus any you paid to the other state. If it was previously registered in another state, you owe either the lesser of the sales tax or $90 flat rate. The sales tax is based on 6.25% of the current presumptive market value (book value). This is in tax code sections 155.022 and 155.023.

[ScottDLS]

If it were me I'd register the cars in Texas as soon as possible. Unlike MO, TX does not have a personal property tax.

But you will have to pay the 6.5% presumptive value tax on the vehicle when you register it. I will only hurt for a little while...!! Welcome

I don't think this has been case for used cars since the 1980's. I registered my car here in 1992 after moving here from North Carolina and no charge except registration fee.

I just looked. If the car is bought out of state, you owe the full sales tax minus any you paid to the other state. If it was previously registered in another state, you owe either the lesser of the sales tax or $90 flat rate. The sales tax is based on 6.25% of the current presumptive market value (book value). This is in tax code sections 155.022 and 155.023.

So if the car is worth more than 1500 then you make out pretty well on the 90 bucks. Also, for used vehicles how do they know what tax you paid when you bought? my car had been registered in 3 states before I got here and they never asked for the original bill of sale.

[GeekwithaGun]

Welcome to Texas and I hope your house sells fast.

We moved here from Michigan in 1994 just before my birthday. I did not renew my Michigan license before we moved (it expires that year on my birthday) because we were moving and thought we would be here in time to get a new license. On my birthday I went to the local DPS office to get my Texas DL and was told I would have to register our vehicles first and would have to have vehicle inspection too. Was able to get the inspection and made it to the county (Dallas) office before they closed, but could not get back to the DPS office before they closed so I went the next day. Because my Michigan DL expired, they could not give me a Texas DL and was told I would have to take the written test and driving test with an inspector.

I learned my lesson about procrastinating with anything to due with governments - we just sold our home of 15 years and are in temporary housing because we are building, so I changed my address and renewed my DL online (it expires this year) and changed the address on my TXCHL (you have 30 days submit the change of address) .
I'll have to change the address on both again after we close in Nov/Dec (hopefully)

[thetexan]

Moving to Texas for the first time is sorta like buying your first microwave. Once you do it you wonder how in the world you lived up till then.

Tex

[SA_Steve]

I was recently out of TX for 12 years and finally got back permanently and can breathe again.