Citrus County, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

Section 98-2 adopts the maximum towing and storage rates set by the Troop Commander of Florida Highway Patrol Troop C, as that commander updates them, as the ceiling Citrus County wreckers may charge. The cap covers towing or immobilizing a vehicle on private property, removing and storing a wrecked or disabled vehicle from an accident scene, and removing and storing a vehicle when the owner or operator is incapacitated, unavailable, lets law enforcement call the wrecker, or otherwise does not consent to the tow, the classic 'non-consent tow' situations.

An unauthorized wrecker operator, as Florida law (Ch. 98-324, Laws of Florida) defines that term, violates Section 98-2 by charging above the Troop C rates. Section 98-3 layers on a roadway-safety duty: before righting, rolling, dragging or loading a wrecked vehicle from a collision, the operator must check it for leaking engine coolant, motor oil, transmission fluid, battery acid or other hazardous fluids, and drain, plug or otherwise secure any leak so it doesn't spill during removal; oil already on the roadway must be treated with an absorbent.

The same section requires the wrecker operator to inspect the roadway itself and clear reasonably removable collision debris, including broken glass, light-lens fragments, body molding and bumper pieces, and vehicle contents. These county traffic-code duties sit on top of, not in place of, the wrecker's state licensing. Both sections apply countywide, on county roadways, and are enforced alongside the parking and traffic provisions of Chapter 98.