Naperville, IL Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

Any person/business desiring to perform police towing work at the request of the Naperville Police Department shall submit an "application for police towing license" to the Chief of Police, or their designee. Application forms may be obtained from the Naperville Police Department. The tow license application period shall be from September 15 to September 30 of each odd numbered year, with the licenses issued for a two-year period from January 1 to December 31. Each applicant must have a completed and correct application, along with all supporting and required documents, returned to the Naperville Police Department by 3:00 p.m. September 30, or the next business day where September 30 falls on a weekend or holiday. No additional applications or application documents shall be accepted after the close of the application period. Applicants submitting incomplete applications or applications submitted without all supporting or required documents shall be considered a nonqualified applicant by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall issue police towing licenses to those applicants that meet the qualifications of said licenses as set forth in this Article. The police towing licenses shall be for a period of two (2) years. There will be a maximum of eleven (11) police tow licenses for the light duty tow list and five (5) police tow licenses for the medium and heavy tow lists issued pursuant to Section 11-5A-4 of this Article.