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Booting in Houston
Since 2018 Texas has left booting to cities. Houston has had its own booting rules since 2008.
General information, not legal advice. The papers you got from the police, the tow company, the storage lot or a state agency control your dates. Agencies change phone numbers and steps, so check the agency's own page too.
Private parking-lot boots
A company needs a City vehicle immobilization service permit to boot in Houston. For overstaying a paid time, a rate change after you parked, or not showing a receipt you then produce, removal may cost no more than $25 plus sales tax. For not paying a parking fee at all, the most is $100 plus sales tax. Several boots on one vehicle cost no more than one.
Written complaints about a booting company go to the City's 'police official' named in the booting article. State law also requires boot removal within an hour of the request and a receipt.
Sources: Houston Code ch. 26, art. X, booting (Municode); Texas Occupations Code ch. 2308 (Texas Towing and Booting Act)
City boots for unpaid tickets
ParkHouston boots vehicles with three or more delinquent parking citations, or one delinquent citation for parking in a disabled space, after mailing a notice to the registration address. A boot fee and administrative fee are added to the tickets.
How the rules grew
Council adopted the booting article in 2008 (Ord. No. 08-847), revised it in 2009 (Ord. No. 09-1235), and in 2018 (Ord. No. 2018-674) changed the operating rules and added the complaint section, the same year state booting licenses ended.
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