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The court's fee schedule effective December 8, 2025 lists a vehicle impound filing fee of $83. Impound petitions are filed in person at the County-City Building in Tacoma, and the court takes cash, Visa or MasterCard, not personal checks.
In effect since December 8, 2025.
Source: Pierce County District Court filing fee schedule; Pierce County District Court: Vehicle Impound Cases
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In a case the Attorney General's Office filed in 2018, a Pierce County Superior Court judge ruled that Burns Towing Inc. of Tacoma violated the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the state Consumer Protection Act by auctioning active-duty service members' vehicles without a court order. The office reported that as many as 35 such vehicles were sold, and the court ordered restitution.
Ruling announced May 4, 2020.
Source: Attorney General news release, May 4, 2020; Attorney General news release, Sept. 11, 2018
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