Chesterfield County, VA Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

2-1600) operating in the county to make a written or electronic report at the police department's request, on a daily basis, of every purchase, exchange or acquisition of a salvage or scrap vehicle. 2-1608 requires these operators to keep. A photocopy of the seller's driver's license, state ID card, military ID, or other photo identification, plus the digital photograph the state statute requires the operator to take, must be electronically transmitted to the police department weekly at an address the department provides. The requirement targets the salvage and vehicle-removal side of the towing business, giving the police department a running record of who is selling wrecked or scrap vehicles into the county's salvage pipeline, which supports stolen-vehicle and chop-shop investigations.

The rule applies regardless of whether the operator also does non-consensual roadside or trespass towing, since it attaches to the licensed status as a salvage dealer, demolisher, rebuilder, or vehicle removal operator rather than to any particular tow job.