This is the boring stuff, and most of it was just stuff I overheard as Dad was muttering to himself as he was researching online.
Getting your driver's license and car registered in Texas is a three-step process.
First, you get your car inspected. You have to take it to a state approved shop to be inspected. They put one sticker on your windshield and give you a slip that proves your car has been inspected. You take that slip with a bunch of other papers (registration, insurance declaration forms, etc...) to the tax assessors office.
The second step is presenting that pile of papers to a clerk to register your car. The cool part of that process is that if you give them a big enough pile of papers, they reach in a box under their desk and pull out your new license plates! Instant gratification!!! You also get a second big sticker for your windshield. (Dad drove up north and did this at a big office where they waited for a long time. Mom learned from his mistake and went to the "rural" office about 2 miles from home and was in and out with no waiting. Oh yeah, we live in the "hick" side of Austin we're told. More on that later...)
You then have another piece of paper to add to your pile so you begin the third step and go to a third office and present your papers along with social security card, birth certificate, and out-of-state license. If they deem it acceptable, they take your picture and give you a temporary license. I think Dad said he has about another week till his comes in the mail. Mom did the first two steps and has to do the third one soon.
Like I said, boring. But apparently necessary.
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