All Roll Calls
Yes: 201 • No: 0
UtahH.B. 2612025 General SessionHouseWALLET
Towing Modifications
Sponsored By: A. Cory Maloy (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Law Enforcement and Criminal JusticeDepartment of Public SafetyState Tax CommissionTransportationDepartment of TransportationTowingCommercial Motor Vehicle RegulationDivision of Motor Vehicles
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12 provisions identified: 8 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
Clearer private parking tow warnings
Property owners using case-by-case tow requests must post a clearly visible sign at every entrance. Signs must follow state formats and give parking restrictions, towing details, contact information, and tow.utah.gov. Utah’s transportation department decides disputes about whether signs substantially meet the rules. It also decides whether signage is inadequate for the process allowing towing 24 hours after written notice is attached to a vehicle.
Clearer towing bills and owner notices
Beginning January 1, 2026, towing companies and impound yards must clearly disclose current fees, rates, and payment methods using state-required formats. Utah must also create a towing rights form explaining rights, responsibilities, and maximum rates for covered towing and storage. For tows without owner knowledge, certified notice is due within two business days unless the owner or operator already retrieved the property. That notice rule excludes tows ordered by police, law enforcement representatives, or highway authorities. Towing businesses must provide the rights form at first contact with the owner or operator.
Faster release for towed property owners
Authorized claimants can recover impounded vehicles, boats, or outboard motors with government-issued identification and proof of authority. Claim, registration, fee, and release requirements still apply; towing businesses also need a Utah towing certificate and an impound release. Beginning January 1, 2026, businesses must securely store towed property and covered belongings in an approved state impound yard until payment and removal. For tows without consent that law enforcement did not order, personnel must be available by phone 24/7. Beginning January 1, 2026, those businesses must release the property within one hour after the owner calls, subject to release requirements.
Limits on owners’ towing charges
Beginning January 1, 2026, Utah must set maximum charges for covered tows without owner consent, including police-requested tows. Caps cover towing, storage, after-hours release, administrative reporting, notice, and after-hours fees; the law gives no dollar rates. For lawfully removed property, qualifying interested parties and authorized claimants owe only listed charges, including towing, storage, and administrative impound fees. Beginning January 1, 2026, impound yards and local governments cannot charge storage while evidence holds prevent release to qualifying claimants. This protection applies even when those claimants meet release requirements.
Limits on towing dispatch charges
Beginning January 1, 2026, governing-body-approved dispatch vendor fees cannot exceed the vendor’s actual costs. Towing entities without a vendor generally cannot charge dispatch or rotation fees. A special service district can keep a fee charged on or before January 1, 2023, limited to reasonable actual costs. Authorized fees can be passed to owners, lienholders, or insurers and must appear separately on invoices.
More privacy for towed vehicle owners
Beginning January 1, 2026, operators and carriers that performed a tow cannot share owners’ or specified interested parties’ personal information. They also cannot accept payment for referring those people to another service or vendor.
Owners can retrieve essential towed belongings
Beginning January 1, 2026, interested parties and authorized people can retrieve life-essential items during normal business hours without paying fees first. Examples include prescription medicine, medical equipment, food, water, child safety seats, and government-issued photo identification. Qualifying people can also remove unattached personal belongings during business hours after paying the towing fee. The law includes that access rule in its January 1, 2026 provisions as well. Neither access right applies while the vehicle, boat, or outboard motor is held as evidence.
Fewer duplicate requirements for towing businesses
Beginning January 1, 2026, local towing rules cannot conflict with state rules, and local maximum rates must match state maximums. Carriers cannot be required to carry insurance above state-rule levels. A locally licensed carrier can tow elsewhere without another business license if it has no business location there. Current state-certified carriers, trucks, and operators need no extra local towing certificate; certified operators need no extra criminal-background information for rotation placement. Any added local annual truck inspection must be free, follow federal safety rules, and be accepted across jurisdictions, with only one required yearly.
Added towing fees cover abandoned vehicles
Towing bills can include a separate, governing-body-approved fee to recover unpaid abandoned-vehicle costs tied to authorized dispatch fees. From May 3, 2023, through June 30, 2025, the extra charge was capped at 25% of the related fee. Beginning January 1, 2025, towing entities must annually calculate their prior-year abandoned-vehicle percentage using State Tax Commission data. The percentage and fee amount had to be published by March 31, 2025. Beginning July 1, 2025, the extra fee equals that percentage multiplied by the related dispatch fee and is listed separately.
Unpaid towing fees put property at risk
Beginning January 1, 2026, towing fees create a lien on towed vehicles, boats, outboard motors, and non-life-essential belongings inside. This lets the towing business hold that property for unpaid towing fees; life-essential items are excluded. Property is treated as abandoned unless a qualifying person pays the required fees and removes it within 30 days after notice is sent.
Towing carriers face stronger safety enforcement
Utah can deny or revoke carrier certification, fine carriers up to $2,000 per violation, or order removal from dispatch rotations. Rotation-removal notices must reach the carrier, public safety department, and relevant towing entities, and state the removal period. Beginning January 1, 2026, towing entities must follow state notices directing removal from rotations, contracts, or requests for proposals. Utah must also set certification standards for incident safety, cleanup, and hazardous materials that do not conflict with federal law. Beginning January 1, 2026, rotation-dispatched operators cannot respond using a truck owned by a different carrier.
Card payments allowed with added fees
Beginning January 1, 2026, towing businesses must accept cash and debit or credit cards for covered towing and related services. Tow operators, carriers, and impound yards may charge a card-processing fee equal to 3% of the transaction total.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
A. Cory Maloy
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Wayne A. Harper
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ concurs with Senate amendment
Yes: 66 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
Yes: 27 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/28/2025
Senate Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/28/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 66 • No: 0
House vote • 2/25/2025
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2025
House Comm - Substitute Recommendation
Yes: 9 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2025
House Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2025
House Comm - Amendment Recommendation
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/26/2025House/ to Governor
3/13/2025HouseHouse/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/13/2025HouseHouse/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/12/2025HouseEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/12/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/7/2025Bill Received from House for Enrolling
3/7/2025House/ signed by Speaker/ sent for enrolling
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ signed by President/ returned to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/7/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ concurs with Senate amendment
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ uncircled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ circled
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House with amendments
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ uncircled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ circled
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ Rules to 2nd Reading Calendar
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
3/5/2025Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/12/2025
Amended 3/3/2025 08:03:340
3/3/2025
Amended 2/25/2025 11:02:06
2/25/2025
Amended 2/19/2025 10:02:25
2/19/2025
Substitute #2
2/17/2025
Substitute #1
2/13/2025
Introduced
1/17/2025