How To Find My Towed Car In Houston

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It can be frustrating trying to find your towed vehicle in Houston. There are many different places that the tow truck company could take it after they have picked up your car and you’re not sure how to find them all.

Luckily, the City of Houston makes it easy to track down your towed vehicle in Houston. From checking with the police department’s impound lot or looking online at various services like Find My Towed Car, there are easy ways to locate your vehicle if it was towed in Houston.

3 Ways To Find Your Vehicle If You Were Towed In Houston

To find a car or truck that was towed, you have these 3 options: 

• Contact HPD at 713.308.8500
• Visit the Find My Towed Car Houston website
• Call the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at 713.755.6042 (option 8)

Call HPD To Find A Houston Vehicle That Was Towed

You can the Houston Police Department Records Division to track down your towed car.

In order for HPD to help you find your car you will need to have the following information available:

• You VIN or
• You License plate number

The Houston Police Department towed vehicles number is 713.308.8500.

Using Find My Towed Car Houston To Locate Vehicle

First, you will need to visit the website Find My Towed Car. This is the Houston website that helps you to locate towed cars and trucks.

In order to find a lost vehicle in Houston you will need to have the following information:

• License plate number
• VIN
• Year
• Make
• Model
• Where in Houston your car was towed from?
• What date did your car get towed in Houston?

Once you enter this information, Find My Towed Car will search the Houston tow yards to see if your vehicle was dropped off.

The website will list an address, telephone number, and business hours to allow you to make arrangements to pick up your car or truck.

Editor’s Note: According to the Houston Find My Towed Car website you will need to allow two hours from the time your car was towed to locate the car in this database.

How To A Complaint On The Find My Towed Car Website

If you want to file a complaint on the wrecker company, storage lot, or some other party, you can voice your concerns directly on the Houston Find My Towed Car website.

Their complaint page requires that you again enter information about your car (Make, Model, VIN, etc), your contact information, and the details of your complaint.

Contacting Find My Towed Car

If you need to speak to someone at Find My Towed Car, you can use the information below to make contact. The business hours are Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

• Houston Police Department – Auto Dealers Detail – 1002 Washington Ave, Basement Leve, Houston, TX 77002
• 832.394.4800
• HPD.AutoDealers@houstonpolice.org

Call Harris County Sheriffs Department To Find A Harris County Vehicle That Was Towed

If your vehicle was towed in Harris County, you can contact the sheriff’s department at 713.755.6042 (option 8) or 713.755.5000 to try finding your car.

You can visit the Harris County Sheriff’s Office website to learn more about the rights you have if your vehicle is towed.

Houston Tow Yards That Your Car May Have Been Taken To

Below is a listing of tow yards in Houston, TX. 

The easiest way to find a towed vehicle in Houston is by calling HPD or searching Find My Towed Car. The only issue is it may take 2 hours from the time of tow for your car to be added to their database. To speed up the process of finding a towed vehicle in Houston, you can try calling these tow yards. 

Find the tow yard closest to the place you were parked and try calling them to find your truck or car. 

Five Star Auto Storage (Downtown Houston Tow Yard) 

This tow yard is located near downtown Houston.  If your vehicle was towed from downtown Houston or even the Montrose neighborhood, it could have been taken here. 

For more information, you can call them at 713.360.7056, visit the Five Star Auto Storage website, or stop by this Houston tow yard at 2105 Nance St, Houston, TX 77020. 

Area 5 Vehicle Storage (SW Houston Tow Yard) 

Cars that are illegally parked along the Richmond or Westheimer strip typically end up at this SW Houston vehicle storage. 

To see if your care was taken here you can call 713.988.7600 or visit them at 10410 SW Plaza Drive, Houston, TX 77074. 

Lockwood Vehicle Storage (East Houston Tow Yard) 

Lockwood Vehicle Storage is an east Houston tow yard. 

You can call them at 832.831.5475 or visit 534 Lockwood Dr, Houston, TX 77011 if you believe your car was towed here. 

Holmes Road Storage (288 and Southside Houston Tow Yard) 

Holmes Road Storage sometimes receives cars illegally parked in Pearland and other locations off 288. 

You can either visit this south Houston tow yard at 2910 Holmes Road, Houston, TX 77051 or call them at 281.501.2728. 

Safetow  (West Houston Tow Yard) 

Safetow is a west Houston auto storage. Cars that were towed from the Spring Branch, TX area could have been taken to this location. 

You can call them at 713.468.5975, visit the Safetow website, or stop by their Houston vehicle storage at 1700 Brittmoore Rd, Houston, TX 77043. 

Conclusion

Whether your car was towed from a Houston apartment complex, Midtown, or the Fiesta near NRG Stadium after a Texans game, you can use these agencies to help you track down your vehicle.

If your car was towed in Houston, the options for finding your missing vehicle are:

• Call HPD at 713.308.8500
• Call the Harris County Sheriff’s Offices at 713.755.6042 (option 8) 
• Visit Houston Find My Towed Car which is a Harris County towed vehicle locator. 

Coming back to a towed vehicle is an absolute pain, so I wish you the very best of luck in finding your car, my friend.

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