Guides

The Texas storage lien process, statute by statute. Every deadline and fee claim links to its source.

• The Texas storage lien timeline: day 5, day 15 to 21, day 30

  Every deadline in the Texas vehicle storage lien process, with the statute section each one comes from.

• What a §2303.153 notice letter must contain

  The required contents of a Texas VSF lien notice letter, item by item, from Tex. Occ. Code §2303.153.

• The $50 notification fee cap, against real postage

  Texas caps what a VSF may recover for notification at $50 per vehicle. Here is the math against 2026 certified mail rates.

• The VTR-265-VSF packet, walked through

  What goes in a Texas VTR-265-VSF title application packet for an unclaimed vehicle, and the proof that must ride with it.

• Certified mail proof: what to keep and for how long

  The proof-of-mailing artifacts a Texas VSF needs from every notice letter, and the retention rules that apply.

• TDLR penalty classes for VSF notice violations

  How TDLR classifies vehicle storage facility violations and what notice failures cost, from the published sanctions schedule.