What are the license requirements for a tow truck in Texas?

For trucks:

Incident Management Towing Permit – The owner must provide evidence that the tow truck is equipped to tow light-duty or heavy – duty vehicles according to the manufacturer’s towing guidelines and evidence of $500,000 of liability insurance and $50,000 in cargo insurance for the tow truck.

Private Property Towing Permit – The owner must provide evidence that the tow truck is equipped to tow light – duty or heavy-duty vehicles according to the manufacturer’s towing guidelines and evidence of $300,000 of liability insurance and $50,000 of cargo insurance for the tow truck.

Consent Towing Permit – The owner must provide evidence that the tow truck is equipped to tow light-duty or heavy-duty vehicles according to manufacturer’s towing guidelines and evidence of $300,000 of liability insurance. No cargo insurance is required for the consent towing permit.

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As you are probably aware, non consent tows initiated by a police officer requires the new Incident Management Towing Permit.  These permits require the following:

$500,000 Auto Liability Coverage
$50,000 On hook (in tow coverage)


Note:  with an Incident Management Permit, you may also do private property and consent tows with this permit.