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Tex. Occ. Code § 2308.205

TOWING OF VEHICLES TO LICENSED VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITIES OR OTHER LOCATIONS ON PARKING FACILITIES

Known as the Texas Towing and Booting Act

The act spans §§ 2308.001 to 2308.505 (82 sections).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1034, Sec. 10, eff

(a) A towing company that makes a nonconsent tow shall tow the vehicle to a vehicle storage facility that is operated by a person who holds a license to operate the facility under Chapter 2303, unless:

(1) the towing company agrees to take the vehicle to a location designated by the vehicle's owner; or

(2) the vehicle is towed under:

(A) rules adopted under Subsection (a-1); or

(B) Section 2308.259(b).

(a-1) The commission shall adopt rules authorizing a towing company that makes a nonconsent tow from a parking facility to tow the vehicle to another location on the same parking facility under the direction of:

(1) the parking facility owner;

(2) a parking facility authorized agent; or

(3) a peace officer.

(b) A storage or notification fee imposed in connection with a motor vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility is governed by Chapter 2303.

(c) Except as provided by this chapter, Article 18.23, Code of Criminal Procedure, or Chapter 2303, a fee may not be charged or collected without the prior written consent of the vehicle owner or operator.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.