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County RTS Release Notes 10.1.0

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of June 19, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) with Release 10.1.0 that contains the content summarized below.  Enhancements:  RTS: Add the ability for supervisors to … Continue reading

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County Webinars for RTB #001-21

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Webinars will be held for county tax assessor-collectors to discuss RTB #001-21, “Processing Corrected Titles Without the Surrender of Ownership Evidence.” The webinar schedule is listed below, and space is limited. Please reserve your … Continue reading

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RTB 001-21 Processing Corrected Titles Without the Surrender of Ownership Evidence

Please review and distribute as appropriate. Registration and Title Bulletin (RTB) #001-21 provides guidance on processing a corrected title without the surrender of a Certified Copy of Texas Title (CCO) when the owner’s original title has been lost or destroyed.  … Continue reading

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Informational Alert: Customers Receiving Additional Texts Posing as DMV

  Good afternoon, The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) has become aware that some customers are experiencing instances of information requests (via text messaging) purporting to come from TxDMV.  This is known as phishing (the fraudulent practice of sending … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS Server Restart (5/27/2021 @ 10:00 AM)

Good morning, An issue has been identified with the RTS system.  Servers will be restarted at 10:15 AM this morning to resolve the issue.  Please remain logged out of the system until the restart is complete.   We apologize for the inconvenience and … Continue reading

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Completion: Cognos System Maintenance (5/21/2021 @ 9:21 PM)

Good evening, The Cognos system maintenance was completed as of 9:21 PM this evening, 5/21/2021. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIT Department     Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Completion: Cognos System Maintenance (5/21/2021 @ 9:21 PM)

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Initial Notification: Cognos System Maintenance (5/21/2021 @ 7:00PM)

Good afternoon, On Friday, May 21, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will be performing Cognos system maintenance. The duration of the maintenance is scheduled for up to 3 hours beginning at 7:00PM lasting until 10:00PM. During the … Continue reading

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Postponed: Cognos System Maintenance (5/14/2021 @ 7:00 PM)

Good afternoon, The Cognos system maintenance scheduled for this evening, Friday, May 14, 2021, beginning at 7:00PM, has been postponed. A communication will be sent when a new date has been scheduled for the Cognos system maintenance. Thank you, Texas … Continue reading

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Completion: Cognos System Maintenance (5/12/2021 @ 8:10 PM)

Good evening, The Cognos system maintenance was completed as of 8:10 PM this evening, 5/12/2021. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIT Department     Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Completion: Cognos System Maintenance (5/12/2021 @ 8:10 PM)

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Initial Notification: Cognos System Maintenance (5/14/2021 @ 7:00PM)

Good afternoon, On Friday, May 14, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will be performing Cognos system maintenance. The duration of the maintenance is scheduled for up to 3 hours beginning at 7:00PM lasting until 10:00PM. During the … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: Cognos System Maintenance (5/12/2021 @ 7:00PM)

Good afternoon, On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will be performing Cognos system maintenance. The duration of the maintenance is scheduled for up to an hour and a half beginning at 7:00PM lasting until … Continue reading

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New eLearning Platform for Registration and Title System (RTS) Training on the Horizon

Please review and distribute as appropriate. The Vehicle Titles and Registration Division (VTR) is excited to announce the transition to a new eLearning platform called TalentLMS in July 2021.  The current platform, Articulate Online, will be discontinued by the vendor … Continue reading

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Resolved: Available – Standard Presumptive Value (SPV) Calculator

Good morning, The Standard Presumptive Value (SPV) calculator in RTS POS is now available. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIT Services Division         Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Resolved: … Continue reading

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Unavailable: Standard Presumptive Value (SPV) calculator (4/27/2021 @ 10:00 AM)

Good morning, The Standard Presumptive Value (SPV) calculator in RTS POS is currently unavailable. IT staff currently have a support ticket open with Black Book and are working to resolve resolve the issue.  As a workaround customers can use this link outside … Continue reading

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Huntsville Lockdown – April 14th

As of today, April 14, 2021, the TxDMV Huntsville warehouse is still under lock-down status. Over the last few days, TDCJ has provided a small crew of inmates to process orders received from TxDMV-Allocations. Orders for the Counties and Regional … Continue reading

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Correction: RTS – Search by Owner Feature (4/8/2021 @ 10:03AM)

Good morning, The VIN Look Up feature is currently working. The Search by Owner feature will not be available for the rest of today. This feature should be restored tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you … Continue reading

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Update: RTS – Search by Own the Search by Owner/VIN Look Up (4/8/2021 @ 9:48AM)

Good morning, The Search by Owner/VIN Look Up feature will not be available for the rest of today. This feature should be restored tomorrow. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank you, Texas … Continue reading

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Resolved: RTS System is Available (4/8/2021 @ 9:15AM)

Good morning, The RTS services have been restored with the exception of the Search By Owner/VIN Look Up feature. Support staff continue to troubleshoot that issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS Unavailable (4/8/2021 @ 8:45AM)

Good morning, The RTS system is currently unavailable. Support staff are working to identify and resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and any impact on you or your customers. Thank you, Texas Department of Motor VehiclesIT Department     … Continue reading

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Huntsville Lockdown April 6, 2021

As of today, April 6, 2021, the Wynne Unit in Huntsville is under lockdown status. This is a routine lockdown. At this time, TDCJ anticipates being in lockdown status through the week and possibly into next week.   No special plate … Continue reading

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Postponed: RTS/webDEALER Release 10.0.0

Good afternoon, The RTS/webDEALER Release 10.0.0 has been postponed. A communication will be sent when a new date has been scheduled for the release. Thank you,  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles IT Services Division   Source: Tax Assessor-Collectors Postponed: RTS/webDEALER … Continue reading

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Update: RTS/webDEALER Release 10.0.0 (3/20/2021 @ 6:00 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of March 19, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) and webDEALER System. During the deployment of the new release you may experience intermittent connectivity issues … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS Release 10.0.0 (3/12/2021 @ 1:45 PM)

Good afternoon, Over the weekend of March 20, 2021, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) will update the Registration and Titling System (RTS) Systems. During the deployment of the new release you may experience intermittent connectivity issues to the … Continue reading

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Informational: webDEALER/webSALVAGE (3/5/2021 @ 6:00 PM)

Some records that were submitted on Thursday, March 4th have the Previous Owner Name as “STEPHEN BANDA AUTOMALL’.  These can be viewed under Documents on the title preview  There are two ways to correct this. Web Dealer Titles that have not been … Continue reading

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Initial Notification: RTS CountyWide Reports (3/1/2021 @ 11:10 AM)

Good morning, With this past weekend’s outage, TxDMV RTS POS batch reporting was run during the outage window at different times than typically scheduled, which has impacted how counties and main offices generate their reports for Friday, 02/26/2021. To generate … Continue reading

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