As of 1 January 2025, Texas no longer requires a safety inspection on non-commercial vehicles. Vehicles that still reside in an emissions county are required to have an annual emissions inspection. All commercial vehicles are required to have a commercial inspection and, if needed, an emissions inspection.

Choose one of the items of inspection to view how that item will be inspected during the inspection process.

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Emissions Testing Procedures

Which vehicles are required to have the emissions test?

• Vehicles registered in the affected counties. Affected counties include: Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman, Montgomery, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Travis, and Williamson.
• All gasoline powered vehicles from 2 through 24 years old which are registered or primarily operated in emissions counties will receive the On-Board Diagnostic (OBDII) test.
• Gasoline powered vehicles on the exempt vehicle list and all vehicles powered by other means are exempt from emission inspection.

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