Section 548.257 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Timing Of Inspection For Registration-Based Enforcement The department shall require a vehicle required to be inspected under this chapter to pass the required inspection:
(1) for initial registration, not earlier than 90 days before the date of registration; (2) for a renewal of registration, not earlier than 90 days before the date of expiration of the vehicle's registration; (3) if the vehicle is a used motor vehicle sold by a dealer, as defined by Section 503.001, in the 180 days preceding the date the dealer sells the vehicle; or (4) if the vehicle is subject to the federal motor carrier safety regulations, in a period that complies with those regulations. Tex. Transp. Code § 548.257
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 851,Sec. 17, eff. 1/1/2025.