Metro file · Texas · checked October 19, 2026
Food truck permits in San Antonio: what changed, what didn't
San Antonio's city mobile vending health permit was replaced by the DSHS license on July 1, 2026. The city's separate mobile vending rules about locations remain.
Still local in San Antonio
- Location rules: where a truck may set up, including downtown and special-district rules
- Special-event permits (Fiesta season runs its own vendor world)
- Private-property permission
- Fire checks at events
San Antonio event season is the metro's real second permit system — the DSHS license gets you legal, the event applications get you placed.
Metro file: compiled from Compiled from DSHS HB 2844 guidance + City of San Antonio published vendor rules. Being double-checked against the city’s current pages.
The state layer: Texas permit rules · Run your move: the free checker · All metros: guides.
Included in the $29 FoodTruckCleared Kit
- Permit Path sheets for all 51 jurisdictions: who issues your permit, the step sequence, the commissary rule, and the local layer that survives — one printable sheet per state
- The Texas HB 2844 transition guide: DSHS license types and fees, the inspection-queue playbook, and the exact answer to give a city still demanding its retired permit
- Reciprocity playbooks for Colorado, Utah, and Oklahoma: the document packet, the 14-day clocks, and the copy-delivery errand, state by state
- The commissary agreement template: a fill-in agreement with the sections health departments look for, plus how to find and negotiate a commissary in a new city
- Inspection checklists: the health walk-through and the fire walk-through, in the order inspectors actually move around the truck
- The event and temporary-permit pack: an application tracker, the questions to ask an organizer before you pay a booth fee, and the mass-gathering notice rules
- Fee worksheets and a renewal calendar: what you paid, to whom, and when it expires — so no permit ever lapses silently
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