Houston Auto Wrecker Bond
City of Houston wrecker license — $5,000
Wrecker operators working inside Houston city limits file a $5,000 surety bond with the City of Houston as a condition of the municipal wrecker license. This is a city filing — not the TxDMV $50,000 dealer GDN bond and not the statewide TDLR towing license.
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The City of Houston auto wrecker bond is the $5,000 municipal surety required under Houston Code of Ordinances Chapter 8, Article III before a wrecker may operate under a Houston wrecker license.
Amount, premium, term, and the authority that requires this filing.
Tow and wrecker operators who need a City of Houston wrecker license to work inside city limits — not motor vehicle dealers filing a GDN bond, and not operators whose only license is TDLR statewide towing.
Purchase a $5,000 surety bond payable to the City of Houston from an authorized surety, then file it with the wrecker license application through Houston Administration and Regulatory Affairs.
This bond is for the City of Houston wrecker license under Chapter 8 — not a Dallas filing and not the TxDMV dealer GDN.
Use Apply on this page for the City of Houston Auto Wrecker Propeller class ($5,000).
Submit the executed bond with your Houston wrecker license application or renewal through Administration and Regulatory Affairs.
The Propeller City of Houston Auto Wrecker class is $5,000.
No. Independent and wholesale dealers file a $50,000 TxDMV GDN bond under Tex. Transp. Code § 503.033. This page is the City of Houston wrecker license bond.
No. Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2308 licenses towing at the state level. The Houston $5,000 bond is the city wrecker license — it stacks with TDLR; it does not replace it.
Also need coverage?
Need more than a bond? Through the same agency desk we can discuss commercial coverage for the whole business.