How to get your car out of impound in Downtown Orlando
If your car got towed in Downtown Orlando, here's how to get it back. Knowing the right steps in order saves you a wasted trip.
What Florida law says
Florida doesn't run a government impound lot the way some states do. Cars removed by a private-property tow, or by a police-ordered tow, both end up at a private, county-regulated storage facility instead. The company holding your car has to notify the Orange County Sheriff's Office within 30 minutes of arriving at the facility with the vehicle. To find your car, call the number posted on the tow-away sign where it was parked. If that number doesn't answer, call the Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at (407) 836-4357. You'll need a valid driver's license, current registration, and proof of insurance to get the car back. Expired registration alone can't be used to block your release under county rules. Quick Tow Orlando is a private tow company, not the storage yard or law enforcement. We can't waive fees the yard or the county sets.
How it works in Downtown Orlando
- 1 Find out where your car is
Call the number posted on the tow-away sign where your car was parked. If police ordered the tow, call their non-emergency line, or the Orange County Sheriff's Office at (407) 836-4357.
- 2 Gather your paperwork
Bring a valid driver's license, current registration, and proof of insurance. The operator has to tell you in advance exactly what you need, and expired registration alone can't block your release.
- 3 Confirm the storage facility's fees and hours
Ask what you owe before you drive over. Orange County requires normal retrieval hours of at least 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and storage fees add up daily the whole time your car sits there.
- 4 Check what you can retrieve without paying
You're allowed to inspect the vehicle and grab personal property at any time, without paying first and without signing any release or waiver.
- 5 Pay the yard directly
Quick Tow Orlando is a private tow company, not the impound yard. We can't waive or reduce the fees the county or the yard sets. You pay the yard directly.
- 6 Retrieve your vehicle
Once you pay, the yard has to release your car within 30 minutes. Bring your ID, registration, insurance, and payment, and most releases happen the same day.
What this looks like around Downtown Orlando
Impounds in {c} often follow a stop downtown near Church Street or Orange Avenue, or a hold ordered off I-4. Call the Orange County Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at (407) 836-4357 if the sign or citation doesn't list a direct number.
Downtown Orlando calls cluster on Church Street and Orange Avenue, where the bar and nightlife strip runs late and DUI or after-hours private-lot tows make up a big share of our overnight work. Amway Center game nights and concerts spike parking-lot chaos and flatbed calls in the surrounding garages, and weekday rush hour brings lockouts and jump starts from the office towers along Orange Ave. We reach Lake Eola Park, Church Street Station, the Amway Center, and ORMC in about 20 to 30 minutes for standard calls. Low-lying streets around Lake Eola pool fast in summer thunderstorms, so we run the same don't-start-a-flooded-engine protocol here as everywhere else in the metro, and flatbed stays our default for the tight downtown garages and alleys.
Common Downtown Orlando questions
How do I find out where my car was towed in Downtown Orlando?
Call the number on the tow-away sign where it was parked. If that number doesn't answer, call the Orange County Sheriff's Office non-emergency line at (407) 836-4357.
What do I need to get my car out of impound in Downtown Orlando?
You'll need a valid driver's license, current registration, and proof of insurance. Expired registration by itself can't be used to block your release.
Can Quick Tow Orlando release my car from impound in Downtown Orlando?
No, we're a private tow company, not the storage yard or law enforcement. We can't waive fees, but we can help with transport once your car is released.
How much does it cost to get a car out of impound in Downtown Orlando?
Orange County sets maximum rates by vehicle class: a standard car runs a $135 flat tow fee plus $32 a day in storage after the first free period. Confirm the exact total with the yard, since Osceola County doesn't publish the same schedule.
Related help for Downtown Orlando
Impound release process in the rest of the Orlando Core area
Need your car towed once it's released in Downtown Orlando?
We can't waive the yard's fees. We can tow it home the moment it clears.