Texas Counties With Emission Testing 2025 Schedule. Beginning january 1, 2025, texas vehicle owners will no longer be required to obtain a safety inspection prior to vehicle registration. Instead, vehicles will have to get an emissions.

That includes most of north texas, where the north central texas council of governments says ozone pollutants are out of compliance with federal standards. Most texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers removed the rule from texas code.