Registration Renewal Fee Estimator

Motor Bus Fee
Combination Fee
Truck Fee
Trailer Fee
Passenger Cars, Private Buses and City Buses
Motor Bus registration Renewal Fee Estimator

Motor Buses are over-the-road vehicles that transport persons for hire from a city or town to a destination outside the limits of such city or town or its suburban additions.

* Please note: that these fees are based on 12 months registration.


Diesel Engine

Bus empty weight:

Number of passenger seats:

Combination Registration Renewal Fee Estimator

Any vehicle that is a pulling unit (truck or truck-tractor) with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 10,000 lbs. that is pulling a semitrailer with a gross weight in excess of 6,000 lbs. may be registered with a Combination license plate, if the combined gross weight is more than 18,000 lbs. Texas Transportation Code Section 502.255, applies to those vehicles registered in Combination.

Vehicle gross weight:

Registration Renewal Fee Estimator for Trucks

* Please note: that these fees are based on 12 months registration.

Check - Diesel truck over 18,000 pounds

Check - Diesel truck less than 18,000 pounds

Gross Weight:

Registration Renewal Fee Estimator for Trailer, Semi-Trailer and Travel Trailer

"Trailer" means every vehicle designed or used to carry its load on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. The gross weight of a trailer or semitrailer is the actual weight of the vehicle, as certified by a public weigher or a license and weight inspector of the Department of Public Safety, plus its net carrying capacity.

* Please note: that these fees are based on 12 months registration.

Gross Weight:

Registration Renewal Fee Estimator for Passenger Cars, Private bus and City Bus

If your vehicle is 6,000 pounds or less, the fee schedule is $64.25:

* Please note: that these fees are based on 12 months registration.

Check - Diesel vehicle

Gross Weight:

The Harris County Tax Office is pleased to offer estimators for the various fees that residents pay for their passenger cars, buses, trailers, and motor homes.

Just select a category from the links above to access the fee estimator.

Please Note: As the names indicate, the tools located above were created to calculate an estimate of what your fee will be.

Please Note: A $4.75 Processing and Handling Fee is mandated by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and is added to each registration renewal.

Please Note: New vehicles from the current or previous model year are eligible for a Two-Year Inspection Replacement Fee of $16.75, applicable at the time of initial registration. Vehicle owners are not required to obtain a safety or emissions inspection prior to vehicle registration.

Add Emissions Inspection fee to all Non-diesel vehicles.