Moving out of Texas: license, deadlines
The duties below bind a person leaving Texas. Each carries its source
and a visible verification date; expand any citation for the exact quoted
text. Verified Sep 2026.
Every quoted source on this page was found on a saved copy of its page dated Sep 23, 2026 or later.
Driver license address
binds: texas credential holder · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
address changes on a Texas driver license or ID
Who this covers, exactly
Notify the department of the change not later than the 30th day after the change takes effect and apply for a duplicate license or certificate.
Texas DL/ID.
If missed
Credential enforcement.
Statute Tex. Transp. Code §521.054(b) verified Sep 2026
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
A person subject to this section shall notify the department of the change not later than the 30th day after the date on which the change takes effect and apply for a duplicate license or certificate as provided by Section 521.146. The duplicate license must include the person's current residence address.
LTC address
binds: texas ltc holder · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
address changes on a Texas license to carry
Who this covers, exactly
Notify the department not later than the 30th day after the address, name or status change and give the number of the license.
Texas LTC.
If missed
LTC compliance consequence.
Statute Tex. Gov’t Code §411.181(a) verified Sep 2026
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/GV/htm/GV.411.htm
if a person who is a current license holder moves from any residence address stated on the license ... the person shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the address, name, or status change, notify the department and provide the department with the number of the person's license
Vessel removal
binds: vessel owner · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
vessel is permanently removed from Texas
Who this covers, exactly
Notify the department not later than the 20th day after the permanent removal of the vessel from this state.
Covered Texas vessel record.
If missed
Vessel-registration enforcement.
Statute Tex. Parks & Wild. Code §31.037(a) verified Sep 2026
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
The recorded owner of a vessel numbered in this state shall notify the department not later than the 20th day after the date ... of the permanent removal of the vessel from this state to another state or country.
Notary address
binds: texas notary · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
notary public's address changes
Who this covers, exactly
Notify the secretary of state not later than the 10th day after the date on which the change is made.
Active Texas commission.
If missed
Commission administration consequence.
Homestead
binds: homestead exemption holder · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
entitlement to Texas homestead exemption ends
Who this covers, exactly
Notify the appraisal office in writing before May 1 after entitlement to the exemption ends.
Texas homestead exemption.
If missed
Tax appraisal consequence.
Statute Tex. Tax Code §11.43(g) verified Sep 2026
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TX/htm/TX.11.htm
A person who receives an exemption that is not required to be claimed annually shall notify the appraisal office in writing before May 1 after his entitlement to the exemption ends.
Offender
binds: covered offender · verified Sep 2026 · quotes found on saved pages, Sep 23, 2026 or later
intended interstate residence change
Who this covers, exactly
Report in person to the primary registration authority and to the supervising officer not later than the seventh day before the intended change, giving the anticipated move date and new address.
Covered Chapter 62 or 65 status.
If missed
Criminal-registration consequences.
Statute Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.055(a) verified Sep 2026
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/CR/htm/CR.62.htm
If a person, other than a person described by Subsection (j), required to register under this chapter intends to change address, regardless of whether the person intends to move to another state, the person shall, not later than the seventh day before the intended change, report in person to the local law enforcement authority designated as the person's primary registration authority by the department ... provide the authority and the officer with the person's anticipated move date and new address.
Duties people expect here that the cited law does not impose
Each of these is a claim commonly made about leaving Texas. Each was
checked against the provision named with it, and is not there. The
finding is bounded by that provision and says nothing about the rest of
Texas law.
not a duty · verified Sep 2026 · quote found on a saved page, Sep 23, 2026
Not in the cited law: Texas requires a generic driver-licence exit filing merely because a resident leaves the state
What the cited law does instead. chapter 521's notice duty triggers on a licence or certificate holder's change of residence address, name or status, and calls for a duplicate credential; no general move-out filing was located in the chapter
Statute Tex. Transp. Code ch. 521 (driver licences and certificates), §521.054 verified Sep 2026
This finding is about the provision named here and claims nothing
beyond it.
https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
A person subject to this section shall notify the department of the change not later than the 30th day after the date on which the change takes effect and apply for a duplicate license or certificate as provided by Section 521.146.