PLEASE BE ADVISED. Customers must pay all fines and citations BEFORE picking up their vehicle. Please be aware that you may have additional charges under your name!
DPW tow crane operators may tow a vehicle, once it is ticketed, for any parking violation. Legally parked vehicles also may be towed in an emergency such as at the request of the Secret Service or Metropolitan Police Department to aid the President’s travel throughout the city. Typically, DPW tows vehicles that pose a danger to the public or impede the flow of traffic.
Avoid Being Towed
- Listen to the local media (radio and television) to learn if a snow emergency has been or will be declared and avoid parking on snow emergency routes.
- If you are unsure you will be able to move your vehicle from a rush hour street before rush hour begins, please avoid parking there.
DC OFFICIAL CODE 50-241.21.09 DC Official Code §50-2421.09 provides that in order to reclaim an impounded vehicle, the owner or lienholder must make payment in accordance with DC Code §50-2201.03(k)(5). DC Code §50-2201.03(k)(5) provides the following: (5) Before the removal of an immobilization mechanism on a motor vehicle or the release of a motor vehicle from impoundment, the owner shall pay all outstanding fees, charges, civil fines, or penalties incurred pursuant to this section and §§ 50-1401.01, 50-1401.02, 31-2413(b)(2)(A), 50-1101, 50-1106, 50-1501.02, 50-1501.03, 50-2301.05, 50-2303.04a, and 50-2421.09a, against the owner or any motor vehicle in which the owner has an ownership interest or had an ownership interest when a notice of infraction was issued.
