Dallas raises its tow-fee limits for the first time in years
In its fiscal year 2025-26 fee ordinance, the Dallas City Council raised the most a company may charge for a parking-lot tow of a car from $121 to $165 (medium $191 to $300; heavy $445 to $489 per unit, $978 at most). For police-requested tows the car rate went from $150 to $165, the heavy rate from $550 to $489 per unit, and the hourly charges after two hours stayed in place.
Passed September 17, 2025; in effect from publication on September 20, 2025.
Two Texas towing laws take effect: no-license and no-insurance tows, and online notices
Since September 1, 2025, Texas police may remove a car being driven by someone without a valid license or without insurance, even without an arrest (S.B. 857). Storage lots that are allowed to give notice by publication may now use an approved website instead of a newspaper (H.B. 3928).
Bill to make cities restudy tow fees every two years did not pass
House Bill 5499 would have required Texas cities and counties that regulate nonconsent tow fees, such as Dallas and Fort Worth, to study them at least every two years and reset them. It passed the House and was referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on May 21, 2025, its last action.
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