Texas: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Texas allows self-service gas; state law assumes stations sell fuel without refueling service and requires help for drivers with disabilities.
Texas has no law requiring an attendant to pump gas. A state law requires stations that normally offer pump-island service to pump fuel on request for drivers with disability plates or placards, at the price charged without refueling service. Stations that never offer pump-island service and have only remotely controlled pumps are exempt. City and county fire codes may add their own station safety rules.
Conditions
- Stations that ordinarily offer pump-island service must refuel on request for drivers with disability plates or placards, at the self-serve price
What the law says
The price charged for motor vehicle fuel provided under Subsection (a) may not exceed the price the service station would otherwise generally charge the public for the purchase of motor vehicle fuel without refueling service.
Sources
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 105.003 Mirror of official text · texas.public.law
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 105.002 Mirror of official text · texas.public.law
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 105.001 Mirror of official text · texas.public.law
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Phone
- 800-835-5832
- Website
- texasagriculture.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Self-serve allowedArkansas has no ban on self-service gas; its statewide fire code regulates self-service pumps, including unattended ones.
- Louisiana Self-serve allowedLouisiana allows self-service gas. Fire marshal rules even permit unattended fuel dispensing systems that meet national fire standards.
- New Mexico Self-serve allowedNew Mexico allows self-service gas; state law refers to self-service islands and the state fire code covers self-service stations.
- Oklahoma Self-serve allowedOklahoma's statewide fire code covers self-service fuel stations, including unattended ones; no state ban on pumping your own gas was found.