Category Archives: Tax Assessor-Collectors

Good afternoon, On the weekend of February 25, 2022, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) and associated applications.  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity when accessing the following applications: … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. The updated Supply Request (Form VTR-240) is attached for your immediate use. Please discontinue use of previous versions of the form. Any order submitted on a version of a form prior to the 12/2021 … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Webinars will be held for county tax assessor-collectors to discuss RTB #004-21, “Requirements and Availability of the Disabled Veteran (DV) License Plate with the International Symbol of Access (ISA).” The webinar schedule is listed … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Registration and Title Bulletin (RTB) #004-21 provides guidance on the updated eligibility requirements and availability of the new disabled veteran license plates that include the International Symbol of Access and changes to parking privileges … Continue reading →

Good morning, The deployment of the RTS system updates were completed as of 6:00 AM this morning, 12/19/2021. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIT Department Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Completed: RTS Release 11.0 (12/19/2021 @ 6:00 AM)

Please review and distribute as appropriate. As a follow up to the communication on December 13, Central Freight Lines, who provides freight delivery services for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) plate and supply delivery from Huntsville, closed their … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Registration and Title System (RTS) Release 11.0, scheduled to deploy this weekend, will allow online registration renewal up to 12 months past expiration using the Internet Vehicle Title and Registration Service (IVTRS) as a … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, On the weekend of December 18, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS), webDealer and associated applications.  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity when accessing the following applications: … Continue reading →

Good morning, Over the weekend of December 18, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) with Release 11.0 which contains the content summarized below.  Enhancements:  RTS: Resolved Inability to Process Disabled Placard … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. As you are aware, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) Regional Service Centers establish the value of a motor vehicle for bonded title purposes.  This value is multiplied by 1.5.  The result is … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, On the weekend of December 18, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) and associated applications.  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity when accessing the following … Continue reading →

Good afternoon,   TxDMV staff continue to troubleshoot the issues reported by county offices observing symptoms of slowness and intermittent delays while processing certain transactions, e.g. Title Transfer transactions in RTS. As support staff continue to address reports of intermittent … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Central Freight Lines is permanently closing operations, which affects the delivery of certain orders shipped from Huntsville.  County orders weighing over a certain amount were previously shipped with Central Freight Lines.  As a result … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, On the weekend of December 18, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) and associated applications.  During the deployment window, you may experience intermittent connectivity when accessing the following … Continue reading →

Good morning, 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 VehiclesIT Department     Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Resolved: RTS Available (12/06/2021 @ 9:20 … Continue reading →

Good morning, The Registration and Titling System (RTS) experienced an outage this morning and most functionality has since been restored. The Search by Owner feature is currently unavailable. Staff are working to identify and resolve the issue. We apologize for … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, TxDMV will be performing emergency maintenance this evening between 7:00 PM and 7:15 PM. Please ensure all transactions have been completed before 7:00 PM and no new transactions are started until the maintenance window has closed at 7:15 … Continue reading →

Good morning, The RTS System is currently running slower than normal and experiencing intermittent performance issues.  Support staff are aware of the issue and working to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or … Continue reading →

Good morning, The network outage identified earlier was due to an outage on the Verizon carrier network. The outage was limited to TAC offices that are serviced by Verizon LTE. Verizon services have been restored and we have confirmed that … Continue reading →

Good afternoon, TxDMV is currently experiencing network connectivity issues.  TxDMV staff are currently troubleshooting these network issues.  We will send an update once the network issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or … Continue reading →

Please review and distribute as appropriate. This is a follow up to a communication on August 27, 2021, regarding the deployment of the Texas by Texas (TxT) application for online registration renewal. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV), in … Continue reading →

Good morning, An issue had been reported where users were unable to access RTS. Support staff investigated the issue and report that the issue has now been resolved.     We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or … Continue reading →

                     Please review and distribute as appropriate. In order to strengthen Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) efforts to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse, the Enforcement Division is streamlining functions pertaining to the Red Flag Referral process. The … Continue reading →

                                FY 2022 County Equipment Requests and FY 2021 Charges Please review and distribute as appropriate. The FY 2022 request period for additional workstations begins Monday, November 1, 2021.  PLEASE NOTE:  If you submitted a request in November 2020 … Continue reading →