Sources

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.

• 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.

• CRIS Crash Report Online Purchase user guide

  Texas Department of Transportation · checked 2026-11-08

  Purchase portal address and the guide’s statement that a report can take up to 14 days to appear in search.

• TxDOT Crash Report Purchase portal

  Texas Department of Transportation · checked 2026-11-08

  The purchase address printed in TxDOT’s user guide.

• 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, and claim-handling deadlines.

• 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.