Texas oversize permit office
Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division - Oversize/Overweight Permits Office. Call (800) 299-1700, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Central time.
From Texas's own pages, checked 2026-10-24. Fees and rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- How to get one
- Log in to TxPROS and use the Permit Wizard (most permits self-issue after payment), or call the permits office for help.
- Single trip fee
- The permit fee is $60 (general single-trip, up to 254,300 pounds); loads over 80,000 pounds add a highway maintenance fee of $150 to $375 by gross weight, and over 200,000 pounds add a $35 vehicle supervision fee.Source
- Legal without a permit
- Width 8'6" · Height 14' · Length 59 feet semitrailer (two-vehicle combination) · Weight 80,000 pounds maximum grossSource
- Superloads
- Loads over 254,300 pounds gross, or about 200,001 to 254,300 pounds with less than 95 feet of axle spacing, need a Superheavy permit; apply 3 to 4 weeks ahead.Source
- How fast
- Most permits self-issue in TxPROS; in FY 2025 the average single-trip permit took 25 minutes to issue. Permits that need staff review are handled during business hours.Source
When you can move
- Daylight
- Daytime only, from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, unless the permit allows night travel.Source
- At night
- Night moves are allowed only for overweight-only loads, or on the interstate when no more than 10 ft wide and 100 ft long with legal overhangs (plus a few special permit types).
- Holidays
- Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Loads over 14 ft wide, 16 ft high or 110 ft long may not move on the holiday itself unless TxDMV grants an exception; manufactured housing also can't move on Veterans Day, MLK Day and Presidents' Day. Next datesSource
- Rush-hour curfews
- 39 in Texas, such as Austin (over 12 ft wide and/or 95 ft long) [time/annual permit curfew list]: Mon-Fri 7-9 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. All of them