Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Online Licensing Services

Notice Regarding Renewals: If you experience difficulty and are unable to confirm that your license has been renewed, you should mail a renewal form and fee to TDLR before the expiration of your license. An UNSUCCESSFUL attempt to renew a license electronically does not satisfy the statutory requirement of filing the renewal application and paying the fee prior to expiration of the license.

Credit Cards currently accepted:Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express

Special Note-#1 Emergency Consent Tow Operator license can only be used to assist with an officially declared disaster and only used in areas and time frames specified in a Disaster Relief Declaration by the Governor. The license is only valid for 90 days from the date of the disaster proclamation and is non-renewable. An Emergency Tow Operator license cannot be changed to a regular Consent Tow operator license.
IM and PP designations are not eligible for the Disaster relief emergency licenses.

Tow truck operators need to choose only one designation. The Incident Management License allows a driver to perform incident management towing, private property towing and consent towing. The Private Property License allows private property towing and consent towing. The Consent Towing License only authorizes consent towing.

Please note that IM and PP Towing Operators are required to be certified by the National Drivers Certification Program of the Towing and Recovery Association of America or another certification program approved by the department BEFORE they are eligible for an IM or PP license. To view a list of approved certification programs go to www.tdlr.texas.gov/towing/towing.htm#certification.

As of September 1, 2017, a person who is licensed as a Tow Operator can work at a Vehicle Storage Facility (VSF) without a separate VSF or dual VSF/Tow license. Dual VSF/Tow licenses will no longer exist, but current licenses will reMain valid until they expire. When dual licensees renew, they will have pick which license they want to keep – Tow Operator or VSF.


New License Application

 

License Renewal

   
1 Tow Operator Consent Tow Application 
2 Tow Operator Incident Management Application 
3 Tow Operator Private Property Application 
 
1 Dual Tow Operator/VSF Employee CT Renewal 
2 Dual Tow Operator/VSF Employee IM Renewal 
3 Dual Tow Operator/VSF Employee PP Renewal 
4 Tow Operator Consent Tow Renewal 
5 Tow Operator Incident Management Renewal 
6 Tow Operator Private Property Renewal 
7 VSF Employee Renewal