Car towed?

Cars, trucks, SUVs, vans and motorcycles. Find out who has it, what they can legally charge, and whether the tow broke the rules.

Where were you parked?

Who towed your car?

Parked on a street, or police were involved

Call the police non-emergency line. Police tows go to a contracted or rotation tow company, and police can tell you which one.

Towed from an apartment, store, or private lot

Read the tow-away sign at the lot entrance. It usually shows the tow company's name and phone number. In most states the company must also report the tow to police, so police can tell you where the car went.

Not sure it was towed

Call the police non-emergency line and give your plate number. If there is no record of a tow, report the car as possibly stolen.

Find my towed car

Got your car back, or about to?

Check if my tow was legal Estimate my bill When can they sell it?What to photograph at the lot Write a dispute letter

Storage is charged by the day, so get your car back as soon as you can. You can pay, keep every receipt, and dispute the charges afterward.

Rights by state

Alabama 24 cities
Alaska 3 cities
Arizona 26 cities
Arkansas 18 cities
California 264 cities
Colorado 28 cities
Connecticut 15 cities
Delaware 3 cities
District of Columbia 1 cities
Florida 84 cities
Georgia 44 cities
Idaho 14 cities
Illinois 82 cities
Indiana 35 cities
Iowa 20 cities
Kansas 17 cities
Kentucky 16 cities
Louisiana 13 cities
Maine 4 cities
Maryland 10 cities
Massachusetts 80 cities
Michigan 43 cities
Minnesota 42 cities
Mississippi 16 cities
Missouri 29 cities
Montana 7 cities
Nebraska 10 cities
Nevada 5 cities
New Hampshire 5 cities
New Jersey 34 cities
New Mexico 10 cities
New York 36 cities
North Carolina 43 cities
North Dakota 8 cities
Ohio 60 cities
Oklahoma 17 cities
Oregon 24 cities
Pennsylvania 19 cities
Rhode Island 5 cities
South Carolina 24 cities
South Dakota 4 cities
Tennessee 29 cities
Texas 126 cities
Utah 36 cities
Vermont 1 cities
Virginia 22 cities
Washington 45 cities
West Virginia 4 cities
Wisconsin 32 cities
Wyoming 4 cities

Why trust this site

City and police pages usually cover only their own impound lot. Most disputes are about private tows from apartments and stores, and those rules are scattered across state law, county ordinances and rate schedules.

We put them in one place, in plain English, and link every rule and rate to the official source it came from. Each page shows when we last checked it.