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635Metro guide · Dallas, Tarrant, Collin & Denton Counties

After a crash in Dallas–Fort Worth.

Texas law decides your deadlines and your claim. The Metroplex decides which police department wrote the report, which pound has your car, and which of four counties hears the case. This page covers the local half.

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What to do after a car accident in Dallas–Fort Worth

The Metroplex, by the numbers
~$6crash reports from any Metroplex agency, ordered online via TxDOT CRIS
4counties — Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton — and the county sets your courthouse
Dailystorage fees at city auto pounds — Dallas and Fort Worth each run their own
2 yrssame Texas filing deadline as everywhere — the metro doesn’t change the clock
The local half — three errandsDFW only

  1. Get the report — from the right agency

    Dallas PD, Fort Worth PD, a suburb, or a sheriff’s office may have worked your scene. All of them file the CR-3 to TxDOT — order it once, online, through CRIS.

    Online · 5–10 days

  2. Find the car — check the right pound

    Dallas and Fort Worth run separate auto pounds, and suburbs contract their own lots. Search by plate where the crash happened, then get the car released before daily fees stack.

    Fees accrue daily

  3. Know your county

    The crash location picks the county, and the county picks the courthouse. Small property-damage disputes fit justice court (up to $20,000) in all four; injury claims go to county or district court.

    If it comes to it

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Houston

The other Texas metro — Harris County drivers start here.

Loop 610 · Harris County

Tools

Your dates, your file

Deadline calculator, saveable checklist, claim timeline, damages worksheet.

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