Business Licensing & Operations in Texas (2026)

Operating a sexually oriented business in Farmersville without a city license issued by the chief of police is a…

Parker's zoning code prohibits sexually oriented businesses outright in the only district that allows commercial and…

Rowlett bans operating a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of a church, school, public park, residential…

In Amarillo, an adult business must sit at least 1,000 feet from homes, churches, schools, hospitals, child-care…

Baytown requires a Sexually Oriented Business Permit (SOBP) for every adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, or similar…

Bryan zoning allows adult entertainment only as a conditional use in the I, industrial district, with 1,000-foot…

Carrollton confines adult entertainment establishments to Heavy Commercial (HC) zoned property and bars them from…

Cedar Park requires a city license to operate a sexually oriented business and confines them to heavy industrial…

Conroe requires a sexually oriented business permit for every adult enterprise and bars any location within 1,500 feet…

Converse requires a $500/year city license before any sexually oriented business can operate, with zoning-district…

Dallas regulates sexually oriented businesses (SOBs) under City Code Chapter 41A, which requires annual licensing…

Denton allows a sexually oriented business only in the Heavy Industrial district and only with a specific use permit…

DeSoto requires a city-issued license for each sexually oriented business and makes it an offense to operate one within…

Edinburg allows sexually oriented businesses only with a city Special Use Permit and a valid adult use license. Each…

El Paso makes it unlawful to operate a sexually oriented business without a city license under City Code Chapter 5.09…

Fulshear requires a city license to run a sexually oriented business, bars them within 1,000 feet of churches, schools…

Garland requires a city permit to operate any sexually oriented business, and the Building Official must deny it…

Georgetown confines sexually oriented businesses to Industrial-zoned property, or to Commercial districts by special…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Grand Prairie without a city license is a criminal offense. The chief of…

A sexually oriented business in Harlingen needs a special use permit, and City Code § 111-414(1) draws a 1,500 foot…

Katy requires a city license and a special use permit to run a sexually oriented business, and the site must sit at…

Killeen confines every adult oriented business to one of two mapped B-5 zoning parcels, near Roy Reynolds Drive and…

Laredo requires a city-issued license for any sexually oriented business and confines them to M-1 or M-2 industrial…

Leander bans sexually oriented businesses within 1,000 feet of churches, schools, day cares, parks near residential…

Lewisville requires a sexually-oriented business license from the police chief before operating an adult arcade…

Longview requires a police-issued license for every sexually oriented business, owner, and employee, and bans operating…

McAllen bars a sexually oriented business within 1,320 feet of any church, public or private school, day care, park…

Sexually oriented businesses in McKinney can operate only in the MH heavy manufacturing district and must stand at…

Mesquite requires a city license to run any sexually oriented business and bars one within 2,000 feet of homes…

Mission bars adult commercial establishments and sexually explicit material from operating within 1,000 feet of a…

Sexually oriented businesses in New Braunfels need a $500 annual police-issued license and must sit at least 1,000 feet…

Odessa requires a city license, applied for through the chief of police, to operate any sexually oriented business, and…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Pearland requires a city license issued through the chief of police, and the…

Pflugerville confines sexually oriented businesses to general-industrial (GI) zoning and bars any within 750 feet of a…

Plano City Code Chapter 28 regulates sexually oriented businesses, requiring annual licensing, owner background checks…

Richardson requires a city sexually oriented business license and makes it an offense to operate any adult business…

Rockwall requires a city-issued license for any sexually oriented business and bans one from operating within 500 feet…

Round Rock requires a sexually oriented business permit from the director of planning, and the site must sit at least…

San Angelo requires every adult entertainment enterprise to sit at least 1,000 feet from a church, school or another…

San Marcos requires a $1,000 annual license for adult oriented businesses and bans them within 1,500 feet of churches…

Shenandoah, Texas requires any new sexually oriented business enterprise to certify it sits at least 1,500 feet from…

Sugar Land bars adult-oriented businesses from operating within 1,000 feet of a residential district, school, church…

Taylor requires a $750 annual license from the chief of police to operate a sexually oriented business and confines…

Sexually oriented businesses need a police-issued license and must sit 1,000 feet from churches, schools, parks, homes…

Victoria requires a City-issued license for any sexually oriented business and bans locating one within 1,000 feet of a…

Sexually oriented businesses in Wichita Falls must stay 1,000 feet from churches, schools, homes, parks, military…

An adult entertainment enterprise in Abilene must sit at least 600 feet from any home, church, park, hospital, or the…

Allen requires every sexually-oriented business to hold a valid city license, issued per business type by the chief of…

Arlington licenses sexually oriented businesses under Chapter 4 of the City Code with strict 1,000-foot buffers from…

Austin City Code Chapter 4-13 licenses sexually oriented businesses, requiring annual permits, distance buffers from…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 243 authorizes Bexar County to regulate sexually oriented businesses in…

Celina requires a $500 annual license for sexually oriented businesses and bans them within 100 feet of churches…

Corpus Christi requires sexually oriented business permits with strict locational buffers from churches, schools…

Fort Bend County has adopted an order regulating sexually oriented businesses in its unincorporated areas under Texas…

Fort Worth regulates sexually oriented businesses (SOBs) under City Code Chapter 5 and the Unified Development Code…

Frisco regulates sexually oriented businesses with strict zoning, licensing, and distance separations from churches…

Harris County uses Texas Local Government Code Chapter 243 to regulate sexually oriented businesses in unincorporated…

Irving requires a city-issued sexually oriented business license and bars these businesses within 1,000 feet of a…

Lubbock regulates sexually oriented businesses through licensing, location buffers from churches, schools, parks, and…

Running a sexually oriented business in Pharr requires a city license issued through the planning and zoning department…

San Antonio licenses sexually oriented businesses under San Antonio Municipal Code Chapter 21 and zones them through…

Temple's Unified Development Code confines sexually oriented businesses to specific zoning districts and treats any…

A sexually oriented business anywhere in unincorporated Montgomery County, including The Woodlands, needs a Class I…

Travis County regulates adult-oriented businesses in unincorporated areas through state law and county location…

Operating a sexually oriented business in Waco requires a city license from the building official, and the…

Houston regulates sexually oriented businesses under Code of Ordinances Chapter 28, Article III, requiring annual…

Texas counties have very limited zoning power, so Dallas County does not run a sexually oriented business licensing…

Abilene requires anyone operating a massage establishment to hold a license from the City Secretary before opening. The…

Irving requires a separate city license for every massage establishment and a separate license for every massaginist…

Every massage establishment in Laredo needs a city business license, and every massage therapist needs a separate…

Only a "restricted massage establishment" -- one with three or more prostitution-related arrests, a resulting…

Operating a massage parlor in New Braunfels requires a license from the local health authority under City Code §…

Massage establishments cannot open in Richardson without a special permit issued by the city council, and only inside a…

Rowlett requires a city license for any massage establishment, approved in writing by both the health officer and the…

Massage establishments in Arlington must hold a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license and a city…

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation licenses massage therapists and establishments statewide under Occupations…

Farmersville zones licensed massage therapy out of every residential district and Highway Commercial, requiring a…

Massage therapy businesses in Frisco must hold a state license through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation…

Leander requires an annual massage establishment license approved by police and health officials, and bars the business…

Massage therapy and establishments in Travis County are licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation…

Massage establishments and therapists in Bexar County must hold a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and…

Massage establishments in Corpus Christi must hold a state license issued by the Texas Department of Licensing and…

Massage therapists and establishments operating in Dallas must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 455 makes massage therapy a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation program; Dallas…

El Paso massage establishments must obtain a city business license under Chapter 7 and verify therapists hold current…

Massage therapists and establishments operating in Fort Worth must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation…

Massage therapists and establishments in Houston must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation credentials…

Massage therapists and establishments in Lubbock must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation credentials…

Massage therapists and establishments in San Antonio must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation credentials…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 455 places massage therapy licensing exclusively with the Texas Department of Licensing…

Cedar Park treats tattoo parlors and body piercing studios as a conditional or special use, not a by-right business…

Tattoo and body piercing parlors in Denton must hold current licensing and certification from the Texas Department of…

Farmersville confines tattoo and body piercing studios to its Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial-1 districts, and a…

Frisco requires a temporary permit before anyone practices tattooing or body piercing at an event under Code of…

Every tattoo or body piercing studio in Grand Prairie needs a Texas Department of State Health Services license plus a…

Leander's zoning ordinance confines tattoo and body-piercing parlors to Heavy Commercial and Heavy Industrial districts…

Lubbock requires every tattoo and body piercing studio to hold an annual, nonrefundable permit from the city's…

Plano requires tattoo, permanent cosmetics, and body piercing facilities to hold a Texas state license and meet city…

San Antonio's Unified Development Code confines tattoo parlors and body piercing studios to "C-3" General Commercial…

Sugar Land allows tattoo and body-piercing studios only in the M-1 Restricted Industrial District, and only with an…

Texarkana's zoning code classes tattoo studios as a specific-use-permit business, requiring city council approval…

Abilene does not run a separate tattoo-parlor license; the Land Use Matrix controls where a tattoo parlor can open. It…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 18-1 requires every tattoo artist and body piercer regulated under Texas Health and Safety…

Tattoo and body piercing studios in Dallas must hold a Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) license under…

El Paso requires every tattoo or body art studio to hold both a state license and a separate city registration, and…

Garland requires tattoo and body piercing establishments to sit at least 500 feet from homes, churches, schools, parks…

Every tattoo and body piercing studio in Laredo must hold a health department permit, renewed annually by June 1. Fees…

New Braunfels treats tattoo and body piercing studios as a commercial and industrial land use, not a citywide by-right…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 146 requires every tattoo and body-piercing studio in Dallas County to hold a…

Tattoo and body-piercing studios in Houston operate under a Texas Department of State Health Services license issued…

Tattoo and body piercing studios in Travis County need a Texas Department of State Health Services license under Health…

Anyone selling e-cigarettes to Texas consumers must hold an e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller…

Cedar Park's zoning code defines and lists "head shop" as a retail paraphernalia use in its citywide land-use table…

Sugar Land's Land Development Code leaves every zoning column blank for 'Tobacco, Hookah, and Vapor Retail Store,'…

Abilene doesn't issue a separate vape or e-cigarette retail license, but its Code of Ordinances still tightly controls…

Celina zones vape and smoke shops as "alternative retail services" requiring city council-approved siting conditions…

Denton's zoning code classifies vape and e-cigarette retailers as a 'Smoke Shop' and expressly bars that use from…

Laredo treats vape and e-cigarette retailers as "Tobacco Shops" under the Land Development Code, a definition that…

Richardson does not license vape shops directly, but it treats an 'electronic-cigarette establishment' as a special…

Opening a vapor store anywhere in Rowlett, Texas requires a special use permit under the city's Development Code…

Texas Comptroller issues retail cigarette, e-cigarette, and tobacco permits under Tax Code Chapters 154 and 155; Austin…

Dallas City Code § 51A-4.210 restricts where a paraphernalia shop selling smoking devices may operate. A shop may not…

Georgetown retailers cannot let customers grab electronic vaping devices or liquid nicotine themselves. City Code…

Grand Prairie issues no separate city tobacco or vape retail license; that permit comes from the state. Instead Sec…

Harlingen's smoke-free ordinance exempts retail tobacco and e-cigarette stores from its indoor vaping ban, but only if…

Irving's Unified Development Code bars retail tobacco sales for off-premises consumption within 1,000 feet of any…

Leander zoning limits smoke shops to Local Commercial and heavier commercial districts and requires them to sit at…

Midland's zoning code classifies smoke and tobacco shops as a 'Retail Tobacco Store' use, permitted by right only in…

Vape retailers in Plano must hold a Texas Comptroller e-cigarette permit and follow the city smoke-free ordinance…

Temple's Unified Development Code lists "Vape Shop" as a prohibited use inside the TMED (Temple Medical and…

Texarkana bars self-service vape displays and requires vendor-assisted sales for e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine at…

Waco's zoning code treats a "smoke shop" (any premises where tobacco or vaping products account for more than 20…

Tobacco retailers must hold a Texas Comptroller cigarette and tobacco permit. Sales to anyone under 21 are prohibited…

Vape and e-cigarette retailers in Bexar County must hold a Texas Comptroller permit, follow Tobacco 21 age…

Tobacco and e-cigarette retailers in Corpus Christi must hold a Texas Comptroller cigarette and tobacco permit, follow…

Tobacco, cigar, and e-cigarette retailers in Dallas County must hold a Texas Comptroller permit under Tax Code Chapters…

Vape retailers in El Paso must hold a Texas e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Texas Comptroller, comply with…

Texas Comptroller licenses tobacco and e-cigarette retailers statewide under Tax Code Chapters 154 and 155. Fort Worth…

Frisco e-cigarette retailers must hold a Texas Comptroller e-cigarette retailer permit, comply with HSC Subchapter R…

The Texas Comptroller issues all tobacco and e-cigarette retail permits under Health and Safety Code chapter 161 and…

Every Houston retailer selling cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, or alternative nicotine products…

Texas requires retailers selling cigarettes, cigars, or e-cigarettes to hold a state Comptroller permit. Lubbock…

Every San Antonio retailer selling cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, or alternative nicotine must…

Texas requires e-cigarette retailers to hold a state e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, with FDA…

Amarillo has no independent local vape-retail licensing ordinance. E-cigarette retailers in Amarillo must comply with…

Anyone in Abilene who buys secondhand goods, furniture, clothing, auto parts, or other personal property to resell must…

Baytown requires a city license before anyone operates as a metal recycling entity or secondhand metal dealer. Sec…

Junkyards, auto salvage yards, recycling businesses and flea markets in unincorporated Cameron County cannot sit within…

Conroe requires anyone buying scrap metal or wiring from the public to hold a police-issued metal recycling license…

Denton requires every junk dealer and secondhand dealer -- buying or selling used vehicles, tires, clothing, machines…

Anyone buying, selling or dealing in junk within Irving, which the city defines broadly as scrap metal, rags, bottles…

Any Killeen business that buys, trades or sells used precious metals, electronics, musical instruments, luggage or…

Laredo requires any junk, salvage or used-appliance dealer handling three or more junked items to secure a Council…

Midland requires every junk or secondhand goods dealer, a definition that expressly includes pawnbrokers, salvage yards…

Anyone dealing in junk or secondhand goods in Pearland needs a city license under Code § 14-24, backed by a $2,000 bond…

Anyone buying used gold, silver, platinum, or gems in Texarkana as a transient dealer must apply to the city secretary…

Waco requires metal recycling entities, junk dealers, and secondhand dealers to log every regulated-metal purchase in a…

Any Amarillo secondhand dealer holding a state sales tax permit must keep a daily record book naming each item received…

Arlington secondhand dealers and pawn shops must register with APD, photograph and report all purchased items daily…

Carrollton requires every secondhand dealer, secondhand metal dealer, and crafted precious metal dealer to record each…

Cedar Park requires any dealer in secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise to keep the same daily record book as…

Dallas regulates secondhand goods dealers through Chapter 41A licensing and reporting standards aligned with Texas…

Anyone buying, selling or trading secondhand goods in El Paso, from resale shops to flea-market kiosks, needs a city…

Pawnshops, secondhand jewelry buyers, and used-goods dealers in Frisco must register with police, photograph sellers…

Anyone in Garland who buys used electronics, tools, jewelry, firearms, musical instruments or other "regulated…

Grand Prairie requires anyone selling junk or secondhand goods, other than a business with a permanent local…

Houston secondhand dealers, including used-jewelry buyers, used-merchandise stores, and metal recyclers, must register…

Secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers in Lubbock must report transactions to police using the LeadsOnline electronic…

A Plano dealer who buys used electronics, tools, jewelry, firearms, instruments, or sporting goods for resale must…

Richardson requires anyone who buys electronics, tools, jewelry, precious metals, firearms or other used goods for…

San Angelo requires every secondhand goods dealer, including pawnbrokers, junk and salvage dealers and flea market…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 regulates secondhand dealers and crafted-precious-metal dealers, requiring…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 requires metal recycling entities and certain secondhand dealers in Bexar County to…

Pawnshops and secondhand dealers in Corpus Christi must report transactions to police, hold purchased property for a…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 governs crafted-metal dealers (gold and silver buyers) statewide with DPS…

Secondhand dealers operating in Fort Worth must register with the Fort Worth Police Department, follow Texas…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 requires all crafted-precious-metal and secondhand jewelry, electronics, and tools…

San Antonio secondhand dealers, including used-jewelry buyers, used-merchandise stores, and metal recyclers, must…

Secondhand dealers and metal recyclers in Travis County must follow Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1956 reporting…

Baytown's Unified Land Development Code treats pawn shops as a limited land use that cannot open within one-half mile…

Every pawnshop and secondhand store in Corpus Christi must be registered with the Corpus Christi Police Department…

Sugar Land confines pawnshops to the M-1 Restricted Industrial District. Table 2-91.1 of the Land Development Code…

Waco pawnbrokers, along with secondhand stores, salvage dealers, and junk dealers, cannot accept used merchandise…

Abilene's pawn shop ordinance does not license pawnbrokers directly, since that comes from the state Pawn Shop Act, but…

Every pawnbroker or jeweler operating in Cedar Park must keep a daily record book describing each secondhand item taken…

Pawnbrokers in Dallas operate under Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 and are licensed and supervised by the Texas Office…

El Paso pawnbrokers operate under a state license, but Article IV of Chapter 5.12 layers on city recordkeeping duties…

Farmersville confines pawn shops to just three zoning districts, Commercial, Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial-1…

Grand Prairie defines pawnbrokers by ordinance in Sec. 19-1 and restricts their operating hours in Sec. 19-3 to 8:00…

Killeen doesn't issue its own pawnbroker license, that's handled by the state, but it does require every licensed pawn…

Leander doesn't issue its own pawnbroker license but requires state-licensed pawnshops to electronically report every…

Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 licenses pawnbrokers through the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, capping fees…

Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 places pawnshop licensing under the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner. Bexar County…

Pawnbrokers in Dallas County are licensed under Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 by the Office of Consumer Credit…

Pawnshops in Fort Worth are licensed by the Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner under Texas Finance Code…

Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 places pawnshop licensing exclusively with the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner…

Pawnbrokers operating in San Antonio must hold a Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner license under Texas…

Houston's secondhand-dealer ordinance, Chapter 7, does not reach pawnbrokers at all: Sec. 7-2 excludes any pawnbroker…

Abilene flatly bans automobile repair as a home occupation, no matter the property's zoning district or floor-area…

Baytown bans vehicle repair shops as a home occupation outright, and draws the line at more than two vehicles a year…

Carrollton flatly bans automotive repair shops as a home occupation. City Code § 92.22(E) lists automotive repair shops…

Converse bans automobile repair as a home occupation citywide. City Code Sec. 10-289 lists auto repair among prohibited…

Corpus Christi's Unified Development Code flatly bars vehicle repair as a home occupation. Section 5.3.2.F.3 lists…

Denton's Development Code flatly bars auto repair shops from operating as home-based businesses in any residential…

Fort Worth's zoning ordinance flatly bans running an auto repair, detail, paint or body shop out of a home. Section…

Frisco's zoning code lists automobile, boat, trailer, small-engine, motorcycle, and internal-combustion-engine repair…

Irving's zoning code names auto-related businesses as one of only four activities expressly barred from operating as a…

Killeen's home occupation ordinance flatly excludes vehicle repair work from the businesses a resident can run out of a…

Leander flatly bars vehicle repair shops from operating as a home occupation. Article IV, Section 8(l) of the Zoning…

Lubbock's home-occupation rule flatly excludes motorized vehicle repair, welding, and vehicle body work from the list…

Midland bans vehicle repair outright as a home-based business or accessory use, along with barber shops, beauty…

New Braunfels flatly bars auto repair as a home business. Section 144-5.5-5(c) lists 'automobile, boat or trailer paint…

Parker has no separate auto-repair permit, but its home occupation standard effectively blocks a residential garage…

Plano's home-occupation standards flatly prohibit vehicle repair as a home business. Zoning Ordinance § 15.700.1 states…

Richardson's home occupation rules flatly prohibit repairing or servicing vehicles, engines, or large equipment as a…

San Angelo will not let a repair shop of any kind operate as a home occupation. Sec. 413.B.2.d of the Zoning Ordinance…

San Antonio outlaws vehicle painting, service, or repair as a home occupation anywhere in the city's residential zoning…

Texarkana's zoning code bars running a repair garage as a home occupation, so residential auto repair businesses aren't…

Fixing cars for pay out of a Dallas house is regulated twice over. Sec. 50-114 requires a motor vehicle repair license…

El Paso bars automotive repair businesses from residential and apartment zoning districts. City Code § 20.10.740(B)…

Garland bars visible major auto repair in residential zones outright and bans major or minor repair on any vehicle not…

Taylor's Land Development Code does not name auto repair specifically, but Section 5.9.3.7's home-occupation rules bar…

Pearland's UDC does not list auto repair among the ten uses barred outright from home occupations, but its performance…

Amarillo caps non-consent tow fees at $210-$459 by vehicle weight under Sec. 10-3-111, bars kickbacks between property…

Baytown regulates nonconsent, accident-scene towing under City Code Sec. 102-136 through 102-138. Drivers need a…

Towing companies performing incident-management or private-property tows within Cedar Park need a Police Department…

Corpus Christi requires every wrecker company or auto wrecker operator to hold a city permit from the chief of police…

Non-consent tow companies, trucks, and operators in Denton must each hold a separate annual permit from the police…

Harlingen requires tow truck operators performing non-consent tows to hold a city certificate of registration from the…

Killeen requires every non-consent tow company that wants police-directed work to hold a police rotation list permit…

Pearland requires anyone operating a tow truck for hire on city streets to hold a director-issued emergency tow truck…

San Angelo bars wreckers from driving to a crash scene unless police or public safety communications called them, bans…

Shenandoah, Texas requires any auto wrecker performing non-consent or police-authorized tows to hold an annual…

Temple bids out its official wrecker contract, and no other wrecker may respond to an accident scene unless summoned by…

A towing company cannot pick up non-consent tows for the Travis County Sheriff's Office without a spot on its Rotation…

A tow company running non-consent tows that originate in Arlington must register its wrecker with the city, and every…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2308 licenses tow operators, vehicle storage facilities, and incident-management towers…

Towing companies need a $200 city permit before doing nonconsent tows on Bryan streets, plus a licensed storage lot and…

Tow operators serving Dallas must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation credentials under Occupations Code…

Edinburg requires every wrecker company to hold a Police Department-issued permit per truck, renewed annually, before…

El Paso caps what a tow company can charge for a nonconsent tow under City Code § 12.54.020: $100 for light-duty…

Frisco requires any wrecker company that tows for the city under a police-directed contract to sign a wrecker…

Grand Prairie requires every wrecker operator to hold a $20-per-truck permit from the chief of police under Code of…

Houston towing companies must hold a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license under Texas Occupations Code…

Operating a wrecker or towing service in Irving requires a city license from the chief of police plus a $25 annual…

Leander requires a city permit for wrecker companies doing non-consent or police-initiated tows, and runs a capped…

Longview requires wrecker companies to obtain a city permit and register every tow truck before performing…

In Lubbock you cannot perform a nonconsent (police-ordered or private-property) tow without a valid city tow truck…

Mission caps wrecker rotation slots and requires every tow operator to hold a city permit before towing from the police…

New Braunfels requires all tow operators to hold a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation permit and follow the…

Odessa bans wrecker companies from soliciting tow business on city streets or chasing accident scenes, while routing…

Parker lets a towing company remove a vehicle without the owner's consent only if the company is under city contract…

Pharr requires every auto wrecker performing nonconsent tows to hold both a Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2308 tow…

Rockwall requires a city wrecker permit to tow for compensation and caps what police-rotation operators can charge for…

San Antonio towing companies must hold a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license under Occupations Code…

Wrecker services must register with the City Marshal to join San Marcos's police-tow rotation system, meeting…

Towing companies and every tow truck operating in Texarkana must hold a license and permit under the Texas Towing Act…

Victoria requires a City Secretary-issued tow truck permit before any operator can perform nonconsent tows on city…

Waco's wrecker ordinance bars tow operators from moving a wrecked vehicle from an accident scene without the owner's…

Towing companies that tow from parking lots without owner consent must report the tow to police within one hour, per…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2308 makes the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation the sole licensing authority…

Tow truck operators and companies serving Fort Worth must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2308 requires every Harris County towing company, vehicle storage facility, and tow…

Fulshear does not license tow companies itself: its code directs that illegally parked vehicles be towed and impounded…

Laredo repealed its local tow-service permit ordinance on January 20, 2026. Towing companies and non-consent tows in…