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Elevator outages in Houston

Houston's high-rise office towers, medical-center campuses, and residential buildings all depend on elevators regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Elevator Uptime keeps a public record of every indexed building and the outages reported against it. Report a broken elevator in 15 seconds. No account, no email.

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Inspection records — last 12 months

434 inspection records across tracked Houston buildings. Record begins October 2025.

04590Nov 25: 10 inspection recordsNov 25Dec 25: 19 inspection recordsDec 25Jan 26: 8 inspection recordsJan 26Feb 26: 17 inspection recordsFeb 26Mar 26: 23 inspection recordsMar 26Apr 26: 11 inspection recordsApr 26May 26: 82 inspection recordsMay 26Jun 26: 53 inspection recordsJun 26Jul 26: 74 inspection recordsJul 26Aug 26: 41 inspection recordsAug 26Sep 26: 87 inspection recordsSep 26Oct 26

Each bar counts regulator inspection records (violations, expired certificates, inspection findings) by the month they were filed. They are compliance filings, not outages, and do not mean an elevator was out of service.

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Elevator outages in Houston

Elevators in Houston are regulated at the state level by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Elevators, Escalators and Related Equipment program. The statutory basis is Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 754, which requires registration, periodic inspection, and licensed contractors for covered equipment. TDLR registers individual units, licenses elevator contractors and inspectors, and accepts public complaints through its online complaint portal.

Parcel and ownership data for Houston buildings is maintained by the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD), whose public records help link reported outages to the correct property. City of Houston building permits are issued through the City's Development Services Department. Outage reports on this page come from riders, tenants, and building staff, combined with the TDLR-registered building and contractor record — there is no city-managed real-time elevator feed for Houston.

How to report a broken elevator in Houston

  • Safety hazard or unlicensed work: TDLR complaint portal
  • Residential tenants: Houston 311 for habitability enforcement (call 311 or visit houstonpermittingcenter.org)
  • Commercial buildings: TDLR, or the building's property management team
  • Any building, public record: file an outage on Elevator Uptime in 15 seconds

For the full reporting guide, see how to report a broken elevator.

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