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Las Vegas, NV Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Annual license fee
$300 flat rate
License category
Automobile towing service
Exemption
Repair shop's own incidental tows
Governing chapter
LVMC Title 6, Business Licensing

Summary

Any company that tows motor vehicles for hire in Las Vegas is licensed as an "automobile towing service," a specific $300-a-year category under LVMC 6.04.070 separate from general repair-shop licensing.

Businesses within the following licensing categories shall pay an annual license fee of three hundred dollars: ... Automobile towing service, which is a business engaged in towing motor vehicles. The category does not include any service station or garage which, as an incident to providing repairs, tows automobiles to its place of business to make such repairs.

Source: Las Vegas Municipal CodeView official code

Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).

Full Breakdown

LVMC 6.04.070 creates a dedicated license category for "automobile towing service," defined as any business engaged in towing motor vehicles, and sets a flat annual fee of $300 for it: a fixed rate rather than the gross-revenue-based fee most other categories pay. The definition carves out service stations and garages that tow cars to their own shop only as an incident to making repairs; those businesses license under their repair-shop category instead. Because towing isn't listed among the "privileged" categories in Chapter 6.06, tow companies go through the City's standard business-license process under Chapter 6.02 rather than the fingerprinting/suitability track used for pawnbrokers, massage parlors, and similar trades.

Violations & Fines

Towing vehicles for hire in the City without a valid business license is unlawful under LVMC 6.02.060; each day of unlicensed operation counts as a separate offense.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does a repair shop that tows cars to its own garage need a towing license?
No. LVMC 6.04.070 excludes service stations and garages that tow vehicles only incidentally, as part of making repairs at their own shop.
What does the $300 towing license fee cover?
It's the flat annual business license fee for the "automobile towing service" category under LVMC 6.04.070, separate from any per-tow or storage fees.

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