Towing Rates

Leon County’s Towing Ordinance establishes general rules and regulations for all towing service operators, as well as the schedules of maximum rates for nonconsensual towing and storage services.

Review the Leon County Ordinance on Towing Services

Nonconsensual towing and storage means the performance of a towing, storage, or both towing and storage, operation without the prior consent of the vehicle or vessel owner, including, but not limited to, a trespass towing and storage operation or a nonconsensual towing and storage operation performed under the wrecker operator system.

The Leon County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) Wrecker Administrator conducts investigations of alleged violations of the Leon County Municipal Ordinance and Florida laws governing towing. If a vehicle owner believes that a provision of Florida law or the county ordinance has been violated in a towing situation, they may file a complaint with LCSO’s Wrecker Administrator in person, by calling 850-606-3295, or by emailing LCSO_Wrecker_Admin@LeonCountyFL.gov.

Maximum Rates for Towing and Storage Performed Under Wrecker Operator System

Wrecker operator system means the system under which the County contracts with towing‑storage businesses for the assignment of nonconsensual towing and storage operations involving wrecked, disabled, or abandoned vehicles and vessels from accident scenes, streets, or highways, with such assignments initiated upon instructions from the law enforcement officer at the scene in accordance with the established rotation schedule.

1. The schedule of maximum rates which may be charged by a towing-storage business or wrecker operator for any towing and storage assignments performed under the County’s wrecker operator system, as listed hereinbelow, is hereby adopted.
2. The omission from the maximum rates of the following fees shall not prohibit a towing-storage business from charging such fee to a vehicle or vessel owner:
   1. Any administrative or other fee permitted by State law as chargeable by a towing-storage business to a vehicle or vessel owner; and
   2. Any fee to cover the cost of parts and materials used in any vehicle repairs authorized by a vehicle or vessel owner to be performed at the scene of an assignment.

Maximum Rates for Trespass Towing and Storage

Trespass towing and storage is the performance of a nonconsensual towing and storage operation which, with the exception of roam towing, is initiated upon the written instruction from a property owner after verifying that the vehicle or vessel is wrongfully parked on, or blocking access to, the property owner’s property.

1. The schedule of maximum rates which may be charged by a towing-storage business or wrecker operator when performing any trespass towing and storage assignments, as listed hereinbelow, is hereby adopted.
2. The omission from the maximum rates of the following fees shall not prohibit a towing-storage business from charging such fee to a vehicle or vessel owner:
   1. Any administrative or other fee permitted by State law as chargeable by a towing-storage business to a vehicle or vessel owner; and
   2. A fee of not more than one-half of the vehicle towing rate, as listed in the published maximum rates resolution, for any trespass towing and storage operation that results in a no-tow assignment, as provided in § 715.07(2)(a)3., Fla. Stat. (2024), or as that section may hereafter be amended, a violation of which shall be punishable as provided in § 715.07, Fla. Stat. (2024), or as that section may hereafter be amended, a violation of which shall be punishable as provided in § 715.07, Fla. Stat. (2024), or as that section may hereafter be amended.

To review the established schedules of maximum rates for nonconsensual towing and storage services consistent with the Leon County Ordinance, review the Leon County Resolution on Towing Services.