The document

The commissary agreement, section by section

When an issuing office asks for your commissary agreement, it is not asking for a letter that says “these folks are fine.” It is asking for a specific document with specific contents, because the agreement is how the office knows where your water comes from and where your wastewater goes. Here is what reviewers look for — the kit contains the full fill-in template.

1. The parties, named exactly. Your business name as it appears on your permit application, and the commissary's legal name and permitted address. Mismatched names are the most common silly rejection.

2. The services, listed. Potable water supply; wastewater disposal; equipment and truck washing; food and supply storage (dry, refrigerated, frozen as your menu needs); overnight parking if you use it. Vague language (“servicing as needed”) invites follow-up questions; a list closes them.

3. Access and frequency. When you may service, how often the truck reports, and how service is logged. Some jurisdictions expect the truck to report daily; the agreement should match what you actually do.

4. The commissary's own standing. Its permit or license identification. An agreement with an unpermitted facility is worth nothing — offices check.

5. Term and signatures. Start and end dates that cover your permit period, and signatures from both sides. An expired agreement at renewal time is a classic self-inflicted wound; the kit's renewal calendar exists to catch exactly this.

Two honest warnings. First, some offices supply their own form and will accept nothing else — the state sheets in the kit flag where that is the pattern. Second, an agreement you do not actually use is worse than none: if an inspector visits the commissary and finds no trace of your operation, the conversation stops being about paperwork.

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

Get the FoodTruckCleared Kit — $29

One payment of $29. No subscription. The kit is a web page you can return to and print — Permit Path sheets for all 51 jurisdictions, the Texas transition guide, reciprocity playbooks, the commissary agreement template, inspection checklists, the event pack, and fee worksheets.