Guides and research: how towing works in Riverside
Plain-language guides for people who were towed, and the audits, reports and court rulings behind them. Each summary is ours; follow the link to read the original.
Guides
- Your car was impounded by Riverside police: finding it, the release form and the hearingRPD tows go to the City's official police tow companies. You usually need an RPD Vehicle Release Form before the company will release the car.
- Private-property tows in Riverside: the charge limit RPD points toRiverside is one of the few California cities where the police department spells out a dollar ceiling for private tows.
- Rules for Riverside's official police tow companies, and how to complainCompanies that tow for RPD sign an official police tow service agreement under Chapter 5.15 of the Municipal Code.
California-wide items in the Towed in LA Library
- New state law: tow yards must take debit cards starting January 1, 2027
- Governor vetoes bill on leftover lien-sale money (SB 1029)
- Bill on bonds to release towed cars stalls and dies (SB 1112)
- More tow charges count as unreasonable under state law (AB 987)
- Towed Into Debt: How Towing Practices in California Punish Poor People
- AB 987 (2025): bill analyses
- AB 2437 (2026): bill analyses
- City of Los Angeles v. David
- How tow yard lien sales work in California
- Your car was towed in Los Angeles: what to do in the first 24 hours
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