New Vehicle Registration Sticker

AUSTIN, September 20, 2010 - Texas Department of Motor Vehicles responds to customers, introduces new feature to state vehicle registration sticker.
 
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) today announced it is
giving Texas drivers what they asked for: An improved registration sticker.

During a press conference Thursday at the Tarrant County tax office in Arlington, the
department unveiled a TxDMV vehicle registration sticker that allows drivers to see the
expiration date through the back side of the sticker, much to the relief of Texans who
found the sticker’s blue back distracting and those who say seeing the date from inside
their car or truck helps them to remember when to renew their registration.

“Texans told us what they wanted and we listened,” said TxDMV Board Chairman Victor
Vandergriff. ”Everyone who owns a vehicle in Texas is familiar with this blue and white
sticker that resides on the driver’s side windshield.

“For those drivers who found glancing at the lower left-hand corner of their windshield
caused them to see a big blue blob rather than a defined sticker, we’re happy to tell you
it will soon be gone,” he added.

Changes in the manufacturing process allow the sticker’s expiration date to be seen
from inside the vehicle. The front of the sticker will carry the Texas Department of Motor
Vehicles name and logo.

The registration sticker keeps the features Texans said they like, including the blue
border that allows drivers to place the sticker on their windshield without showing
fingerprints.

The TxDMV began mailing the new registration stickers last week to county tax offices.
To avoid waste and save taxpayer money, the state’s 254 county tax assessor-collectors
will exhaust their existing sticker stock before issuing the new version.

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