First Tow Corp

What the official records show

These are records from government sources, with the date each was checked. They are not findings by this site, and a missing record does not mean a company lacks a license or did anything wrong.

• Legal name: FIRST TOW CORP
• Police Commission tow permit (LAMC 103.204): Not found in the records we have. The City does not publish a permit list, so this doesn't mean there is no permit.
• California carrier number (CA#): No CA# in the records we have. That doesn't mean the company has none.
• Federal carrier registration (USDOT): No USDOT number in the records we have for this company.
• Insurance on file: No public insurance record in our data.
• City of Los Angeles business-tax registration: Listed in the LA Office of Finance active-business list (as of October 1, 2026). LA Office of Finance business list (checked October 1, 2026)

Court and agency records

These are public records about this company that we could verify, with their outcomes. They are not findings by this site, they are not complete, and a company with no records listed is not necessarily different from one with records.

We have no public records to list for this company.

Fee maximums

For police-ordered tows in the City of Los Angeles, Official Police Garages charge the Board of Police Commissioners' rates, in effect since January 1, 2026. Private-property tows follow other rules (see your rights below).

• Standard tow, first hour: $220 by credit card, $215 by other means.
• Standard vehicle storage: $68 a day by credit card, $66 by other means.

Source: L.A. Bd. of Police Comm'rs, TOPS Manual sec. 100 (eff. Sept. 1, 2026). All rates by year.

Know your rights

• If a police officer or other public agency had your car towed and stored, you have a right to a "poststorage hearing". The storage notice must say that you have to ask for it in person, in writing or by phone within 10 days of the date on the notice.

  Official text: “shall request the hearing in person, writing, or by telephone within 10 days of the date appearing on the notice”

  Source: Veh. Code § 22852(a), (b)(4). Last checked October 5, 2026.

• A person who breaks the written-authorization rules for private-property tows is civilly liable to the car's owner for four times the towing and storage charges.

  Official text: “civilly liable to the owner of the vehicle or their agent for four times the amount of the towing and storage charges”

  Source: Veh. Code § 22658(l)(5). Last checked October 5, 2026.

• For a tow from private property based on a sign, the sign must be in plain view at all entrances, at least 17 by 22 inches, with letters at least one inch high. It must say that public parking is not allowed and that cars will be removed at the owner's expense, and list the police phone number and each tow company's name and phone number. (A sign is one of several ways the law allows these tows.)

  Official text: “a sign not less than 17 inches by 22 inches in size, with lettering not less than one inch in height”

  Source: Veh. Code § 22658(a)(1). Last checked October 5, 2026.

• Your rights after a tow in California
• Free hearing-deadline calculator
• Towed in the City of Los Angeles? Our free tool checks what the law required, finds your deadlines and makes your letters (Towed in LA)

Where to complain

Official government channels. We don't file anything for you and we don't contact the company.

• A police-ordered tow in the City of Los Angeles by an Official Police Garage: the Police Commission's (LAPD) complaint form. Our LA tool can fill it in. Open the tool
• California Attorney General: complaint against a business
• FMCSA National Consumer Complaint Database (carriers with a USDOT number)

Links checked October 6, 2026.