[Logo of USAA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY
USAA Eagle ----------------------------------------------------
appears here] 9800 Fredericksburg Road San Antonio, Texas 78288
August 1, 1996
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: USAA State Tax-Free Trust
1933 Act File No. 33-65572
1940 Act File No. 811-7852
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
identified above certifies that the form of prospectus and statement of
additional information that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c)
of Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in the most recent
post-effective amendment to the registrant's registration statement as filed
on July 25, 1996, and the text of the most recent post-effective amendment to
the registrant's registration statement has been filed electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mark S. Howard
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Mark S. Howard
Senior Associate Counsel
Securities Counsel
lrq
cc: Philip H. Newman, Esq.
Alex M. Ciccone
