Texas elevator regulation at a glance
- Regulator
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Elevator Safety and Licensing Program
- Statute
- Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 754; TDLR rules at 16 TAC Chapter 74
- Who inspects
- The building owner hires a TDLR-registered elevator inspector (private, not a state employee)
- Frequency
- Annual safety inspection of every elevator, escalator and related unit
- Filing
- Inspection report and $20-per-unit fee filed with TDLR within 30 days of the inspection; late fees after 60 days
- Penalties
- Administrative penalties of up to $5,000 per day per violation; repeat violations must be corrected immediately and verified in writing by the inspector before a certificate of compliance is issued
Elevator compliance across the Metroplex
Dallas–Fort Worth is a portfolio market. Corporate campuses in Plano, Frisco and Las Colinas; the Dallas and Fort Worth downtown cores; Uptown residential towers; the UT Southwestern, Baylor Scott & White, Texas Health and Medical City hospital systems; DFW International Airport’s escalators and moving walks; SMU, UTD and TCU; and a vast suburban stock of mid-rise office and hotels.
TDLR regulates all of it under Chapter 754, with the owner responsible for arranging the annual inspection and filing within 30 days. Owners with equipment spread across Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Denton counties often have several maintenance contractors and no single list of what’s open. Building that list is where we start.
How we help DFW owners and managers
Elevator Compliance Group is an independent, QEI-licensed inspection and consulting firm. We do not sell maintenance, repairs or modernization, so our work in Dallas–Fort Worth is only for the owner: inspections and inspection witnessing, review of inspection reports and violations, deficiency tracking to verified correction, maintenance contract review, modernization planning and owner representation when the contractor and the inspector disagree.
- Portfolio annual inspection programs with one filing calendar
- Escalator and moving walk inspections for airport, transit and retail operators
- Corporate campus compliance and modernization planning
- Independent review when multiple contractors give conflicting recommendations
- Owner representation during modernization projects
New construction and acceptance
DFW’s construction pace means many owners take possession of brand-new equipment every year. We witness acceptance inspections, review the initial maintenance agreement before it becomes a long-term obligation and establish the compliance file from day one.
Regulatory summary based on the agency sources below; requirements change, so confirm current rules with the agency or with us before relying on them.