Harris County Tax Office

Ann Harris Bennett
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector

• Automobile appointments are required for vehicle transactions such as title transfers, homemade trailers, new residents (vehicles that have never been registered in Texas). An appointment is NOT required for vehicle registration renewals, special plates, replacement registration/plates, disabled placards, or disabled plates.
• The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) handles apportioned registrations, lost or destroyed vehicle titles, and oversize/overweight permits. Please visit www.txdmv.gov or call 1(888)-368-4689.
• If you have questions pertaining to commercial procedures/transactions, please visit: www.hctax.net/HarrisCounty/CommercialFL.

Title Service Owners / Runners 2022 ID Badge Schedule

ID Badge Picture Location:
Harris County Administration Building
1001 Preston St., Houston, TX 77002
(First Floor Lobby)

ID Badge Pictures are by Appointment Only:
January 19, 2022	February 16, 2022
March 16, 2022	April 20, 2022
May 18, 2022	June 15, 2022
July 20, 2022	August 17, 2022
September 21, 2022	October 19, 2022
November 16, 2022	December 21, 2022

Upon approval of your application, a confirmation email will be sent providing the date and time of your appointment to obtain your ID Badge.

All Motor Vehicle Title Service Owners/Runners doing business in Harris County are required to present a Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office issued photo ID Badge.

CONTACT THE HARRIS COUNTY TAX OFFICE

Main Telephone Number:
713-274-8000

Military Help Desk:
713-274- HERO (4376)

Address Downtown:
1001 Preston St.
Houston Texas 77002

Hours:
Downtown and Branch Offices normal hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM through 4:30 PM

Location of Branch Offices:
All branch locations can be found on our homepage

Customer Service E-mail Address:
tax.office@hctx.net (Tax and auto questions)

Automobile Title/License:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4089 Houston, Texas 77210-4089

Property Tax Payments:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4622 Houston, Texas 77210-4622

Harris County Holiday Schedule

Property Tax Correspondence:
Ann Harris Bennett Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 4663 Houston, Texas 77210-4663

Open Government

In our commitment to open government, we invite open records requests in writing. Click here to access an Open Records Request form.
Once you have completed the form listing the requested information, you may mail it to:
Harris County Tax Office,
P.O. Box 2109.
Houston, Texas 77210-2109.

Please do not include open records requests with any other Tax Office correspondence.