What happens if you don't pay impound in Orlando
If your car's been sitting at a tow yard in Orlando and the bill's unpaid, here's what happens next and how to stop it.
What Florida law says
Under Florida Statute 713.78, an unclaimed towed vehicle becomes eligible for a lien sale, essentially an auction to recover what's owed, 35 days after storage begins if the car is more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's 3 model years old or newer. Before the sale can happen, the storage facility has to send certified mail within 5 business days to you, your insurer, and any lienholder, itemizing every charge and stating the sale date. It also has to run a public notice at least 20 days before the sale on an approved notice website. Storage fees keep adding up daily the entire time your car sits there, currently $32 a day for a standard car in Orange County. Paying the balance, or disputing the tow before that deadline, keeps your car out of the sale. Quick Tow Orlando is a private tow company, not the storage yard. We can't stop a lien sale or waive the fees involved. If the car isn't worth saving anymore, junk car removal is a real option.
How it works in Orlando
- 1 Know your real deadline
Under Florida Statute 713.78, your car becomes eligible for sale 35 days after storage begins if it's more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's newer.
- 2 Confirm the yard and your balance
Call the storage facility directly to confirm where your car is and what you currently owe, since the total grows every day.
- 3 Watch for the certified-mail notice
The yard has to mail you an itemized notice within 5 business days of the tow, stating the sale date.
- 4 Pay or dispute before the sale date
Paying the full balance keeps your car out of the sale. Disputing the tow, including posting a bond in circuit court, can also stop it.
- 5 Decide if the car's worth saving
If storage fees have grown past what the car is worth, junk car removal is a legitimate way out. Quick Tow Orlando can help with pickup for an unwanted vehicle.
- 6 Retrieve your vehicle before it's too late
Bring your ID, registration, insurance, and payment to the yard once you're ready. Quick Tow Orlando isn't the yard, but we can help with transport once your car is released.
What this looks like around Orlando
Lien sales tied to a tow in {c} follow the same statewide 35-or-57-day clock. Orange County's daily storage rate applies from the moment the free-hour window ends.
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 long before my car can be sold in Orlando?
35 days after storage begins if it's more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's 3 model years old or newer, under Florida Statute 713.78.
What notice do I get before a lien sale in Orlando?
The storage facility has to mail an itemized notice within 5 business days, and run a public notice at least 20 days before the sale.
How much will I owe if I wait to pay in Orlando?
Storage runs about $32 a day for a standard car in Orange County, and the bill grows every day your car sits there. Confirm your exact balance with the yard.
Does Quick Tow Orlando handle lien sales in Orlando?
No, we're a private tow company, not the storage yard. We can't stop a lien sale or waive fees, but we do offer junk car removal if the car isn't worth saving.
Related help for Orlando
Lien sale & auction 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.