Notice to owner and lienholder; report to police department.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 8-182
in effectSec. 8-182 - Notice to owner and lienholder; report to police department.
(a) All nonconsent storage lots shall comply with all state law requirements regarding giving notices to the registered owner and primary lienholder of each vehicle that is towed or delivered to the private storage lot without the authorization of the vehicle owner. The storage lot operator shall keep a record of the date and time that each notice was provided to the registered owner and primary lienholder of each vehicle that is towed or delivered to the private storage lot without the authorization of the vehicle owner.
(b) Every Monday, each storage lot operator shall submit an electronic report to the police department in a form and method approved by the police chief, containing the following information:
(1) A list of all nonconsent tows received by the nonconsent storage lot between 8:00 a.m. on the Monday immediately preceding the date of the report and 8:00 a.m. on the Monday on which the report is made. Such list shall contain:
a. The date and the time each motor vehicle was delivered to the nonconsent storage lot;
b. The auto wrecker company, the name and state driver license number of the wrecker driver who delivered the motor vehicle to the nonconsent storage lot; and
c. The license plate number, the vehicle identification number, the year, the make, and the color of the motor vehicle.
(2) A list of all nonconsent tows received by the nonconsent storage lot that were delivered to the vehicle owner or released from the nonconsent storage lot between 8:00 a.m. on the Monday immediately preceding the date of the report and 8:00 a.m. on the Monday on which the report is made. Such list shall contain:
a. The license plate number and the vehicle identification number, the year, the make, and the color of each such motor vehicle;
b. The date and time the motor vehicle was released from the storage lot;
c. The name of the vehicle owner receiving the motor vehicle; and
d. The payment amount received by the nonconsent storage lot.
(3) Notices to the police department shall be provided on a form promulgated by the police chief and shall include the year, make, model, vehicle identification number and license plate number of the motor vehicle, the location of the nonconsent storage lot where the vehicle is being held, and all charges owed to the nonconsent storage lot for the vehicle.
(c) All reports, notifications and the payment of fees submitted by nonconsent storage lots to the police department regarding abandoned vehicles pursuant to chapter 683 of the Texas Transportation Code shall be electronically submitted to the police department by methods approved by the police chief.
(Ord. No. 2022-151, § 4(Exh. A), 2-23-2022)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH8AUDEAUWR_ARTIIIAUWRSTYA_DIV3NOSTLO_SDBOPRURERE_S8-182NOOWLIREPODEFetched: 10/26/2026