How to get your car out of impound in Orlando
If your car got towed in 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 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 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.
Orlando is our highest-volume call area, and the map runs from Church Street Station and the Orange Avenue nightlife strip downtown out through the SR-408 loop toward Lake Nona on the airport side of town. College Park, Mills 50, Lake Nona, MetroWest, Pine Hills, Conway, Azalea Park, Eatonville, and Winter Park each carry their own dedicated page. The most common Orlando call types are DUI and after-hours tows off Church Street and Orange Avenue, downtown parking-garage lockouts near Amway Center on event nights, and I-4 shoulder breakdowns through the stacked SR-408 interchange, one of the most rebuilt stretches of the whole corridor. We reach downtown, Lake Eola Park, the Amway Center, ORMC, and the SR-408/I-4 interchange in about 25 to 40 minutes for standard calls. Flatbed is our default through downtown's tight garages and for rental-car traffic filling the surrounding hotel lots, and afternoon thunderstorms from June through September mean we run the same don't-crank-a-flooded-engine protocol on every call near Lake Eola and the low-lying downtown streets.
Common Orlando questions
How do I find out where my car was towed in 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 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 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 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 Orlando
Impound release process in the rest of the Orlando Core area
Need your car towed once it's released in Orlando?
We can't waive the yard's fees. We can tow it home the moment it clears.