The towing sign shown above has all the required statutory text as required in the Texas Towing Law, Occupations Code 2308.301 and 302. If you have been towed from a parking facility with any other tow sign posted than the one above and directly below, you were illegally towed.
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Travis County is replacing all the tow signs at every parking lot owned by Travis County, the sign above when made will have red lettering in the white background.
Sec. 2308.301. General Requirements for Sign Prohibiting Unauthorized Vehicles.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection
(a)(2)(B) and Section 2308.304 or 2308.305, an unauthorized vehicle may not be
towed under Section 2308.252(a)(1) or booted under Section 2308.257 unless a
sign prohibiting unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility is:
(1) facing and conspicuously visible to the driver of a vehicle that enters the facility; (The sign face must be aimed at the center of the driveway entering at the street)
(2) located:
(A) on the right or left side of each driveway or curb-cut through which a vehicle can enter the facility, including an entry from an alley abutting the facility; or
(B) at intervals along the entrance so that no entrance is farther than 25 feet from a sign if:(3) permanently mounted on a pole, post, permanent wall, or permanent barrier;
(i) curbs, access barriers, landscaping, or driveways do not establish definite vehicle entrances onto a parking facility from a public roadway other than an alley; and
(ii) the width of an entrance exceeds 35 feet; If two vehicles can pass at the entrance and there is a flowerbed in the middle, it takes two signs, to comply.
(4) installed on the parking facility; and
(5) installed so that the bottom edge of the sign is no lower than five feet and no higher than eight feet above ground level.
(b) Except as provided by Section 2308.305,
an unauthorized vehicle may be towed under Section 2308.252(a)(1) or booted
under Section 2308.257 only if each sign prohibiting unauthorized vehicles:
(1) is made of weather-resistant material;
(2) is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches tall;
(3) contains the international symbol for towing vehicles;
(4) contains a statement describing who may park in the parking facility and prohibiting all others;
(5) bears the words, as applicable:
(A) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed or Booted at Owner's or Operator's Expense";(6) contains a statement of the days and hours of towing and booting enforcement; A separate text phrase of the hours towing is going to occur. and
(B) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at Owner's or Operator's Expense"; or
(C) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Booted at Owner's or Operator's Expense";
(7) contains a number, including the area code, of a telephone that is answered 24 hours a day to enable an owner or operator of a vehicle to locate a towed vehicle or to arrange for removal of a boot from a vehicle.
Sec. 2308.302. Color, Layout, and Lettering Height Requirements.
(a) Except as provided by Section 2308.305,
each sign required by this chapter must comply with the color, layout, and
lettering height requirements of this section.
(b) A bright red international towing
symbol, which is a solid silhouette of a tow truck towing a vehicle on a
generally rectangular white background, at least four inches in height, must be
on the uppermost portion of a sign or on a separate sign placed immediately
above the sign.
(c) The portion of the sign immediately
below the international towing symbol must:
(1) in lettering at least two inches in height, contain the words, as applicable:
(A) "Towing and Booting Enforced";(2) consist of white letters on a bright red background.
(B) "Towing Enforced"; or
(C) "Booting Enforced"; and
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e),
the next lower portion of the sign must contain the remaining information
required by Section 2308.301(b) displayed in bright red letters at least one
inch in height on a white background.
(e) The bottommost portion of the sign must
contain the telephone numbers required by Section 2308.301(b), in lettering at
least one inch in height and may, if the facility owner chooses or if an
applicable municipal ordinance requires, include the name and address of the
storage facility to which an unauthorized vehicle will be removed. The
lettering on this portion of the sign must consist of white letters on a bright
red background.
Sec. 2308.303. Telephone Number for Locating Towed Vehicle Required.
If
a parking facility owner posts a sign described by Sections 2308.301 and
2308.302, the owner of a vehicle that is towed from the facility under this
chapter must be able to locate the vehicle by calling the telephone number on
the sign.
Parking facilities should purchase their own towing signs installed by someone other than the towing company. Texas Towing Compliance can have your signs made, installed and certify your parking facility for the reasons you choose to have vehicles towed are legal, to avoid costly legal fees and huge monetary judgments.
If you were towed after September 1, 2013 by any these towing companies, you could be entitled to $1000 plus triple damages. Find your receipts and go back to where you towed from and take a closeup photo of the tow sign and where it is posted.
If you were towed after September 1, 2013 by any these towing companies, you could be entitled to $1000 plus triple damages. Find your receipts and go back to where you towed from and take a closeup photo of the tow sign and where it is posted.
If
you have been towed, charged a drop fee or boot fee anywhere in Texas from a parking facility
with a tow sign that state anything other than: "Towing Enforced" or "Booting Enforced" or "Towing and Booting Enforced" in the red
background below the tow symbol, your entitled to collect $1000 plus
triple damages.
Texas Towing Compliance's new website is up and running and everyone is encouraged to subscribe so our prosecutions teams around the State of Texas can assist you in recovering the money your entitled to by State Law.
Austin area prosecutors: WaltersDunn at 512-236-1114
DFW area prosecutors: Norred Law at 817-704-3984
San Antonio area prosecutors: Anderson & Associates 210-928-9999
Austin area prosecutors: WaltersDunn at 512-236-1114
DFW area prosecutors: Norred Law at 817-704-3984
San Antonio area prosecutors: Anderson & Associates 210-928-9999
