Query the Texas Open Data Portal's TDLR All Licenses dataset via the Socrata API to verify a tow truck or vehicle storage facility operator's state license status
domain: data.texas.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Locate the 'TDLR - All Licenses' dataset (resource ID 7358-krk7) on the Texas Open Data Portal, a daily-updated listing of all Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation license holders.
Query the SODA endpoint https://data.texas.gov/resource/7358-krk7.json.
Filter with $where on the license-type/program field to isolate tow truck operator and vehicle storage facility (VSF) certificates from TDLR's other regulated trades.
Match returned records against a business name or TDLR certificate number to confirm active status.
Follow the portal's 'Developers' link (points to dev.socrata.com) for the standard SoQL parameters ($where, $q, $select, $order, $limit) that apply to this endpoint.
Known gotchas
This is a distinct resource from TDLR's own tow truck/VSF inquiry web application (tdlr.texas.gov/tools_search), which is a form-only lookup with no public API — use the data.texas.gov dataset for programmatic checks instead.
The dataset covers every TDLR-regulated trade in one table, so a query must filter on the correct license-type value for tow trucks/VSFs or it will return unrelated license categories (e.g. cosmetology, electricians).
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