For property owners & managers
Your lot, your rules. We’ll enforce them.
Apartment complexes, HOAs, shopping centers, churches, storage facilities and private landowners use C.A.R.S. of Idaho to keep their parking clear. The signs cost you nothing, and we pick up vehicles you don’t want on your property any time of the day or night.
Idaho law (Idaho Code 49-1806) lets the person in control of a property have unauthorized vehicles removed when a sign is posted in a clearly conspicuous spot, in large print, saying unauthorized vehicles will be removed at the owner’s expense and naming the towing company. We supply those signs and help you place them where they’ll hold up.
Who we work with
- Apartment and condo communities
- HOAs and gated neighborhoods
- Retail centers, offices and restaurants
- Churches and schools (after hours)
- Storage facilities and RV lots
- Private land with abandoned vehicles
How it works
Set up once. Call whenever you need us.
- We walk the property
We look at entrances, sight lines and problem spots, and talk through your rules: residents only, time limits, fire lanes, reserved spaces.
- Signs go up, free
Signs that meet Idaho’s posting requirement, with our name and number, at every entrance that needs one.
- You decide who can call
We set up written authorization for your manager, board or security, so only the right people can request a tow.
- We handle the rest
Removal, storage, reporting the tow to the state within one business day as the law requires, owner notices, releases and paperwork.
No signs? Abandoned vehicles can still go.
On non-commercial property that isn’t posted, Idaho law still allows an abandoned vehicle to be removed. You’ll sign a release form identifying yourself as the person in control of the property, identifying the vehicle, and taking responsibility for its removal (Idaho Code 49-1806(2)).
Expired tags alone aren’t enough
Under Idaho Code 49-1806(3), a vehicle can’t be treated as unauthorized just because its registration is expired. It has to break your posted rules or be abandoned.
If your vehicle was towed
How to get your vehicle back.
It happens to good people every day. Here’s the fastest way through it.
- Find out who has it
Look for the tow company’s name on the signs where you parked. If it’s ours, call (208) 964-3081, day or night, with the plate, the vehicle and where it was parked. If police had it towed, call that agency.
- Bring the right things
A photo ID, proof you own the vehicle (title or registration) and payment for the tow and storage. Someone picking up for you needs a power of attorney from the owner.
- Set a pickup time
Call ahead and we’ll meet you. Storage charges add up daily, so sooner is cheaper.
- Get your receipt
When we release the vehicle, you get an itemized statement: where it was towed from and stored, the tow and recovery charges, and the daily storage rate and days stored.
Your rights in Idaho
- Your belongings, free. Personal property in the vehicle is yours to collect during reasonable business hours at no charge, even before you pay for the tow (Idaho Code 49-1814). The exception is a vehicle held for a police investigation.
- Look before you pay. You can inspect the vehicle during business hours at no extra charge.
- Official notice. The tow is reported to the Idaho Transportation Department, which notifies the registered owner and lienholder (Idaho Code 49-1807).
- Dispute it. You can file a declaration of opposition with ITD within 20 calendar days of the first notice (Idaho Code 49-1808).
- Don’t wait too long. After 30 days from the first notice, an unclaimed vehicle can be titled to the tow company.
We take cash, checks and cards (cards carry a small processing fee).
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