Texas Tow Truck License Requirements

Steven Goss — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:52:00 GMT

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.

How much insurance do you have to carry for non-consent towing?

Steven Goss — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:00 GMT

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.

Towers and Wreckers

Texas Tow Truck License Requirements

How much insurance do you have to carry for non-consent towing?