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Reminder: RTS Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the RTS System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity issues when accessing the RTS System.  … Continue reading

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Reminder: webDealer Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the webDealer System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent … Continue reading

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Reminder: eLicensing Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the eLicensing System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity issues when accessing the eLicensing System.  … Continue reading

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Webinair Invite for RTB #003-23 and #004-23

  Please review and distribute as appropriate. Webinars will be held for county tax assessor-collectors and staff to discuss the following: • RTB #003-23, Senate Bill (SB) 505 – Electric Vehicle (EV) Fee. • RTB #004-23, House Bill (HB) 198 … Continue reading

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DPS Inspection System Outage – Dealer Impact

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is experiencing issues that are preventing inspections from being saved to the database. Due to this vehicle inspection issue, vehicle inspections cannot be conducted by inspection stations after August 23, 2023. This outage … Continue reading

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RTB 004-23 Travel Trailers (HB 198)

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Registration and Title Bulletin (RTB) #004-23 provides guidance on the self-inspection of travel trailers with a gross vehicle weight more than 7,500 lbs. in lieu of a state safety inspection as a result of … Continue reading

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RTB 003-23 Electric Vehicle Fee (SB 505)

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Registration and Title Bulletin (RTB) #003-23 provides guidance on the new electric vehicle fee for fully electric cars and trucks as a result of SB 505, enacted by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session. RTB … Continue reading

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Informational: Vehicle Inspection Manual Verification (08/23/2023 @ 5:15 PM)

Good afternoon, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is experiencing issues that are preventing inspections from being saved to the database.  Due to this situation, Texas Department of Motor Vehicle customers will need to renew their vehicle’s registration at their county office enabling clerks to manually verify the … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the RTS System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity issues when accessing the RTS System.  … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: webDealer Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the webDealer System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: eLicensing Release 23.4 (08/26/2023 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of August 26, 2023, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the eLicensing System starting at 6:00 PM Saturday (08/26/2023), lasting up to 10:00 AM Sunday (08/27/2023).  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity issues when accessing the eLicensing System.  … Continue reading

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TxDMV Board Meeting – August 17, 2023

TxDMV Board MeetingThursday, August 17, 2023 – 9:00 a.m. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles4000 Jackson Avenue, Building 1, Lone Star RoomAustin, Texas 78731 Link to Meeting Agenda TxDMV Board, committee, and advisory committee meetings are open to the public. Visit … Continue reading

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TxDMV Finance and Audit Committee Meeting – August 16, 2023

TxDMV Finance and Audit Committee MeetingWednesday, August 16, 2023 – 2:00 p.m. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles4000 Jackson Avenue, Building 1, Lone Star RoomAustin, Texas 78731 Link to Meeting Agenda TxDMV Board, committee, and advisory committee meetings are open to … Continue reading

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Update: RESOLVED: Systems Maintenance (08/11/2023 @ 7:00 PM)

Good afternoon, The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) plans to perform system maintenance. The maintenance is scheduled to begin this evening, Friday, August 11, starting at 7:00 PM, lasting up to 9:00 PM. Due to the nature of this maintenance, the following systems will be … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: Systems Maintenance (08/11/2023 @ 7:00 PM)

Good afternoon, The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) plans to perform system maintenance. The maintenance is scheduled to begin this evening, Friday, August 11, starting at 7:00 PM, lasting up to 9:00 PM. Due to the nature of this maintenance, the following systems will be … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS/MVDI/Cognos Issues (08/11/2023 8:30 AM)

Good morning, We have received reports that RTS, MVDI and Cognos are experiencing issues. Support staff are currently working to resolve the issues.  We will publish an update when the issues are resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact … Continue reading

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Resolved: 72-Hour & 144-Hour Permits Issues (08/04/2023 @ 10:00 PM)

Good evening, TxDMV has implemented a fix for 72hr/144hr Temporary Permits in RTS Point of Sale (POS), in addition to Online Temporary Permits.  You should no longer experience any issues when requesting 72hr/144hr Temporary Permits via RTS POS or directly online.   Resolved: … Continue reading

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Resolved: webDealer Maintenance Completed (08/04/2023 @ 09:40 PM)

Good evening, The webDealer system maintenance is completed. The webDealer system is now available. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Please remember that if you used an Internet Down tag, you must enter … Continue reading

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Resolved: RTS Maintenance Completed (08/04/2023 @ 09:40 PM)

Good evening, The RTS system maintenance is completed. The RTS system is now available. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles IT Services Division     Source: … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: webDealer Pending Critical Maintenence (08/04/2023 @ 09:00 PM)

Good evening, The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) plans to implement critical maintenance for the webDealer System.  The maintenance is scheduled to begin this evening, Friday, August 4, starting at 9:00 PM, lasting up to 9:30 PM. Due to … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS POS Pending Critical Maintenance (08/04/2023 @ 9:00 PM)

Good evening, The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) plans to implement criticalmaintenance for the RTS Point-of-Sale (POS) System.  The maintenance is scheduledto begin this evening, Friday, August 4, starting at 9:00 PM, lasting up to 9:30 PM. Due to … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: 72-Hour & 144-Hour Permits Issues (08/04/2023 @ 3:40 PM)

Good afternoon, TxDMV is aware that some RTS users are receiving errors when processing 72hr/144hr Permits.  Support Staff are aware of the issue and are currently troubleshooting the issue.   An update will be sent once more information is available … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: webDealer unavailable (08/04/2023 @ 02:00 PM)

Good afternoon, The webDealer system is currently unavailable.  Support staff are engaged in troubleshooting the issue. An update will be sent once the issue has been resolved. As a reminder, if you are unable to print buyer’s tags, you should use your … Continue reading

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Resolved: RTS Batch Reports are now available (8/2/2023 9:20 AM)

Good morning, RTS Batch processing is complete. All transactions for 7/31/2023 have processed and reports are now available. Thank you,   Texas Department of Motor Vehicles IT Services Division           Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Resolved: RTS Batch Reports are now … Continue reading

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Resolved: TxDMV Website is Down (8/1/2023 @ 10:58 AM)

Good morning, The TxDMV website is available as of 10:40 AM this morning, 8/1/2023.  We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIt Services Division       Source: Tax … Continue reading

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