Official process
How to Get Your Texas Crash Report — One Way Is Free
Texas crash reports are held by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT CRIS). A copy is generally available about 5 to 10 business days after the crash, and the agency charges its own fee if you buy it yourself.
Open the official CRIS portal
The CRIS report purchase portal is available online 24/7. Search for the crash, then purchase and save a digital copy, keeping an unedited version for your records.
Contact the investigating agency
If CRIS does not show the report, contact the investigating agency directly. Some city police departments, including certain reports handled by Houston Police Department, require a request through that department's records division.
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Ask us to search — we charge nothing
TxDOT CRIS charges for a copy. We charge $0. Provide the crash details in the request below and Dennis Injury Law searches the available official sources for you. If we obtain the report you are eligible to receive, we send it at no charge. If we cannot obtain it, there is still no charge. No credit card is ever requested. Availability is not guaranteed.
Texas Peace Officer's Crash Reports, also called form CR-3, are managed by TxDOT through the Crash Records Information System (CRIS).
For portal help, the CRIS help desk is 844-CRIS-HLP (844-274-7457) or support@crishlp.com.
Official source: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT CRIS) crash report information. Everything on this page comes from the agency's own published guidance; the agency decides what it releases and what it charges.
Already Have Your Report? Here's What To Do Next
Keep the original somewhere safe and read it over: the drivers and passengers listed, the vehicles, the insurance details, the diagram and the narrative. A report is useful evidence, but it does not decide fault and it does not establish what an injury claim is worth.
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