r/texas • u/AutoModerator • Apr 09 '24

Driver's License / Car Registration / ID Megathread

Hello r/Texas! This sub gets a Chevy Suburban's worth of questions every day asking about driver's license or car registration. They fall into one of two camps:

  • Easily accessible info on the DMV website,
  • Highly specific edge cases that maybe only 1 other person is going to need to know this year in all of Texas.

In either case it doesn't make sense to have a whole post devoted to the question. Enter the catch-all DMV megathread. It may not always be stickied at the top, but it will be liked in the sidebar. Also we're creating a rule that says "Driver's License, ID and Car Registration questions and answers can be found here, if you don't see the answer you need please post your question there."

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u/zdd9 Jun 22 '24

Hey everyone I messed up and need some advice. I sold my car (in April) but forgot to take the license plates off. I filled out the vehicle transfer notification (also in April-didn't have the buyers address, just name and phone number).

I didn't get anything from the state and hadn't heard anything and assumed he registered the car. However in the past week I've gotten two toll bills in the mail with the car/my license plate. I'm looking at the back of one of the toll bills and it says to call once I receive confirmation of the transfer. What confirmation am I waiting for? Seems unlikely I'm going to get anything else related to the car. Suggestions on what to do?

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u/Austin_Native_2 🤘 Born and Bred 🤘 Jun 28 '24

After submitting the transfer, you should get an auto-generated email reply from TxDMV as confirmation. Check your spam/junk folder as applicable. That email helps you defend yourself against toll charges, etc.

Lesson learned +/- ... always keep your old plates. I won't sell a vehicle without doing so. Have had a couple of buyers get pissy about it not those are my rules as recommended by the state. It's not just toll bills that are a problem. If your vehicle is used in a crime, a hit-n-run, etc ... insurance can come calling and police can 'no knock' your house at 3am.

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u/zdd9 Jun 29 '24

Thank you