A new resident with a valid out-of-state license has how long to establish residency and secure a Texas driver license?
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A.
90 days Correct
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B.
30 days
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C.
60 days
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D.
6 months
The answer is "90 days"
New residents who exchange a valid out-of-state license have 90 days to establish Texas residency and secure a Texas driver license. Drivers who carry the thirty-day vehicle-registration deadline over to the licensing timeline pick option B instead.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 30 days
Shorter than the ninety-day licensing window the handbook prints for new residents. This answer carries over the thirty-day Texas vehicle-registration deadline and applies it to the driver license timeline.
C. 60 days
This guesses a middle figure, but it is not the handbook's new-resident licensing window. This answer borrows a sixty-day license-transfer window from another state's rule and assumes Texas matches it.
D. 6 months
This gives too much time; the handbook gives new residents 90 days to secure a Texas driver license. This answer confuses the GDL Phase One six-month learner-hold period with the new-resident licensing window.
This question tests your knowledge of Licensing Process in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Who May Drive a Motor Vehicle in Texas?," p.1..
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