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You're making real decisions with this information. Here's how we keep it right.

Official sources only

Every rule, fee and requirement links to the state agency that sets it. If we can't source it, we don't publish it.

We re-check office data and rules often, and whenever a state announces a change.

We log every factual fix below. Use the official source linked on each guide when information differs.

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Texas. DPS offices, hours, phones and office notes come from the Texas DPS office locator, and appointment waits from DPS's daily wait time report. County tax offices come from TxDMV.
New York. New York office data from NY DMV's open data.
California. California office data from California DMV's own office pages. Wait times on office pages are read live from California DMV.
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania center data from PennDOT's own location list. We corrected a few errors in it; see our How we check facts page.
Ohio. Ohio office data from the Ohio BMV's own location directory.
North Carolina. North Carolina office data from NCDMV's own office locator. Wait times on office pages are read live from NCDMV.
Florida. Florida office data from FLHSMV's county location pages. Most of those pages were last updated in 2023, so check the tax collector's hours before you go.
Georgia. Georgia center and kiosk data from DDS's own location pages. County tag offices from the Department of Revenue's list.
Virginia. Virginia center and DMV Select data from Virginia DMV's own location pages. Live waits from DMV's wait time pages.
New Jersey. New Jersey office data from NJ MVC's location pages and appointment system. Inspection stations from MVC's facility list.
Arizona. Arizona office data from ADOT's MVD locations page, Third Party list and MVD map data, and ADEQ's emissions station list.

When we get something wrong, we fix it and log it here.

Sep 26, 2026
Pennsylvania: Erie, Somerset, New Kensington and Berwick centers
PennDOT's own location list had Erie in ZIP 15401 (now 16509), Somerset in 18626 (now 15501), New Kensington in Allegheny County (it's Westmoreland) and Berwick's map point in Virginia (now Berwick's ZIP center). Fixed before these pages went live.
Found by: Our checks against ZIP codes and map points
Sep 26, 2026
All Texas DPS office pages
A spot check found about half of directory phone numbers were wrong. DPS publishes only its central line, so pages now show that line unless a local number is confirmed.
Found by: Our spot check
Sep 26, 2026
Rosenberg Mega Center
Address corrected to 27750 Southwest Freeway and phone to 281-517-1630.
Found by: Our spot check (DPS form DL-95)
Sep 26, 2026
Comanche Driver License Office
Address corrected to 101 FM 3381; the office moved in 2024.
Found by: Our spot check (local news)
Sep 26, 2026
Junction Driver License Office
Address corrected to 105 Reid Road, phone to 325-446-3353, and a note added that it opens 2nd and 4th Thursdays only.
Found by: Our spot check (Kimble County)
Sep 26, 2026
Taylor Driver License Office
Address corrected to 301 W. 5th Street and phone to 512-365-1081.
Found by: Our spot check (City of Taylor)
Sep 26, 2026
Bandera and Hudspeth County tax offices
Bandera phone area code corrected to 830; Hudspeth address corrected to 109 Millican St.
Found by: Our spot check (county websites)