Form VSF013, Personal Vehicle Owner Removal and/or Inspection of a Motor Vehicle at a VSF – Texas

Form VSF013, Personal Vehicle Owner Removal and/or Inspection of a Motor Vehicle at a VSF, is a TDLR form on which a vehicle owner or the owner's authorized representative identifies a stored vehicle and certifies the authority to inspect it, remove property from it, or pay for and remove it from a vehicle storage facility.

The form states its own effect at the top: when the owner or the owner's authorized representative presents the form filled out, presents payment, and presents a valid state or federally issued ID, the vehicle storage facility must release the vehicle.

The form has three blocks:

• Vehicle information: year, make and model, plus the VIN or license plate number.
• The person removing or inspecting the vehicle or removing property from it: name, company or relationship to the owner, and the type and number of the ID used.
• The owner or owner's authorized representative certification, with the date, two check boxes, the name of the vehicle storage facility, a signature and a date.

The authority the form grants is limited to three acts: inspecting the described vehicle, removing property from it, and making payment to and removing the vehicle from the named facility. The form is issued by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which lists it among its resources for Tow Trucks, Operators and VSFs.

The vehicle owner uses Form VSF013 when the owner is authorized to remove or inspect the motor vehicle described on the form and the vehicle is held at a vehicle storage facility (VSF).

A person acting for the owner also uses it. The certification has a separate box for someone who is authorized by the owner to remove or inspect the vehicle. That person enters a company name, if representing a company, or their relationship to the vehicle owner.

Three points set the limits of the form:

• The person who appears must hold a valid state or federally issued ID, and the form asks for the ID type and number used to release the vehicle or property.
• The authority is limited to inspecting the vehicle, removing property from it, and making payment to and removing the vehicle from the VSF named on the form.
• It covers the one vehicle described in the vehicle information block.

Present Form VSF013 when the owner or the owner's authorized representative comes to the vehicle storage facility to inspect the vehicle, remove property from it, or pay for and remove it. The form sets no deadline of its own. It is handed over at the facility together with payment and a valid state or federally issued ID, and the form says the facility must release the vehicle when all three are presented. Fill it out before you go so the vehicle details, ID type and number, and the facility's name are complete.

Form VSF013 is presented in person to the vehicle storage facility that holds the vehicle; the form lists no mailing address, portal or other channel.

• At the vehicle storage facility: bring the completed form, payment and a valid state or federally issued ID. The owner or the owner's authorized representative presents all three.
• Facility name: write the name of the vehicle storage facility in the space provided, because the authority granted is tied to that facility.
• Signature: the form says an electronic signature is acceptable.

TDLR publishes the form at the official source URL shown on this page. For the amount of payment, ask the vehicle storage facility. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.