Provenance
Sources
Every source below was opened while preparing the November 8, 2026 edition. The link is the authority. This page is the index.
Official pages reviewed November 8, 2026.
A longer claim-by-claim manifest ships with the project as docs/source-verification.md. If a later reader has only this website, the list below is the public index. Pages also repeat the sources they rely on.
- Get help with an insurance complaint
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
Official complaint starting page, insurance-type selection and existing-complaint document route.
- Insurance Code Chapter 542, claim handling and prompt payment
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
First-party claim definition, acknowledgment, decision and payment stages, business-day definition and exceptions in §§542.051–542.060.
- Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 16
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Accrual, two-year injury and property-damage limitations, disability provisions and weekend/holiday rule; calendar illustrations are not legal deadline determinations.
- Transportation Code Chapter 550, Collisions and Collision Reports
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Stopping, information, aid, immediate notice, officer reports, release of reports, and municipal authority to require a report.
- Transportation Code § 541.002, Governmental authorities
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Subtitle C defines “Department” as the Department of Public Safety, except where a later section says otherwise.
- Transportation Code § 601.072, Minimum coverage amounts
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Minimum liability amounts used to establish financial responsibility. Confirmed against TDI and DPS pages, not only this statute page.
- Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 16.003, Two-year limitations period
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
The general two-year period for many personal-injury suits, including the exceptions named in that section.
- Crash reports and records
Texas Department of Transportation · checked 2026-11-08
TxDOT is custodian of officer crash reports, CR-3 purchase path, $6 and $8 copy fees, possible card surcharge, and the end of CR-2 retention.
- Current TxDOT crash-report purchase starting page
Texas Department of Transportation · checked 2026-11-08
Working official landing page linking the current CRIS purchase route; the direct CRIS portal returned HTTP 403 to automated access.
- How to contact HPD
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
911 for emergencies, and (713) 884-3131 for non-emergency police service inside Houston city limits.
- HPD phone directory
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
Directory listings for Hit and Run and for non-emergency dispatch. Not a substitute for 911.
- HPD public information requests, accident / crash report section
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
HPD’s published ways to request an officer crash report, the $6 mail fee, the 1200 Travis counter, and the 5-to-8-day processing sentence.
- HPD crash report request form (English), Rev. 12/25
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
Form tells requesters to wait at least 10 days, lists $6 and $8 fees, and gives Records as (713) 308-8500 option 3.
- Formulario de solicitud de informe de accidente HPD
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
Spanish request form published by HPD. Same wait-and-fee instructions were visible on the form.
- HPD services index
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
Links for purchasing a crash report, finding a towed car, and a driver’s crash-report page.
- HPD General Order 600-09, Crash Investigations
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
Internal order describing when a call-taker sends an officer. Not treated as a complete statement of a driver’s legal duty.
- Tow and Go
City of Houston · checked 2026-11-08
Freeway stall program, assistance number (713) 881-3333, and the exclusion of tollways and Katy Freeway HOT lanes.
- Non-consent tow rates index
City of Houston Administration & Regulatory Affairs · checked 2026-11-08
Index of the city’s yearly non-consent tow rate letters, including 2026.
- Non-consent tow rates effective January 1, 2026
City of Houston · checked 2026-11-08
$232 non-consent tow and heavy-duty hourly rate in the November 25, 2025 letter.
- Motorist Bill of Rights, revised December 12, 2025
Houston Police Department · checked 2026-11-08
$232 for the first 20 miles and $4.64 per extra mile for listed non-consent situations, plus complaint contacts.
- Towed vehicles FAQ
Houston Police Department Auto Dealers Detail · checked 2026-11-08
Tow line (713) 308-8580, mileage rate, and the FAQ’s description of when Tow and Go is not free.
- Find my towed car
Linked from Houston Police Department services · checked 2026-11-08
The lookup tool HPD’s services page and Motorist Bill of Rights tell people to use. It is not operated by this guide.
- Report Crime page, Traffic Crash section
Harris County Sheriff’s Office · checked 2026-11-08
HCSO’s own scene guidance and non-emergency number (713) 221-6000. This is sheriff’s-office practice, not Chapter 550.
- Case status inquiry
Harris County Sheriff’s Office · checked 2026-11-08
HCSO directs vehicle-crash information questions to Vehicular Crimes at (713) 274-7400.
- Auto insurance guide
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
30/60/25 liability minimums, coverage types, PIP and UM/UIM rejection in writing, deductibles, claim-handling deadlines, actual cash value, repair-shop choice, like-kind parts, total losses and salvage, rental cars, medical-claim releases, appraisal, TDI complaints, and the Justice Court amount.
- Will your auto insurance pay after a hit-and-run crash?
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
TDI’s description of collision and UM/UIM property-damage coverage after a hit-and-run. Liability does not repair your own car.
- Steps to getting your home or car insurance claim paid
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
Tell your own insurer even when another company may pay, and keep photos and receipts.
- Consumer Bill of Rights: Personal Auto Insurance
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
Deadlines after a claim on your own policy, repair-shop choice, and the catastrophe extension.
- Get help with an insurance question
Texas Department of Insurance · checked 2026-11-08
Consumer Help Line 800-252-3439, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central.
- Financial responsibility insurance certificate (SR-22)
Texas Department of Public Safety · checked 2026-11-08
DPS statement of the same 30/60/25 minimum liability amounts.
- Symptoms of mild TBI and concussion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · checked 2026-11-08
Danger signs after a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, and the statement that symptoms can be delayed.
- About mild TBI and concussion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · checked 2026-11-08
CDC’s statement that a person with a possible mild TBI should be seen by a health care provider.
- Insurance Code Chapter 1954, Insurance for Transportation Network Company Drivers
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Rideshare insurance phases: $50,000/$100,000/$25,000 liability while logged on and waiting, $1 million aggregate during a prearranged ride, who may provide the coverage, the company’s first-dollar duty when a driver’s coverage lapses, required disclosures to drivers, personal-policy exclusions, proof-of-insurance and logged-on disclosure duties, and log-on/log-off times in claim investigations.
- Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 101, Tort Claims
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Governmental liability for motor-vehicle use by an employee (§ 101.021), damage caps (§ 101.023), the emergency-response exception (§ 101.055), the six-month notice and city-charter notice provisions (§ 101.101), and election of remedies (§ 101.106).
- Penal Code Chapter 38, including §§ 38.01, 38.12, 38.123 and 38.18
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Definition of soliciting employment, barratry offenses, the 31st-day rule for written solicitations after an accident, unauthorized practice of law in injury claims, and misuse of crash-report information for solicitation.
- Property Code Chapter 55, Hospital and Emergency Medical Services Liens
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
When a hospital or EMS lien attaches, the 72-hour admission rule, the amount limits, how a lien is secured by filing with the county clerk, notice to the patient, and when a release is not valid.
- Transportation Code Chapter 552, Pedestrians and Other Sidewalk Users
Texas Legislature · checked 2026-11-08
Walk signals, crosswalk right-of-way, crossing outside a crosswalk, sidewalk use, driveway yielding, and the driver’s duty of due care.
- Car Seat Use After a Crash
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · checked 2026-11-08
NHTSA’s recommendation to replace car seats after a moderate or severe crash and its five-part definition of a minor crash.