Queen Creek, AZ Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

Queen Creek Town Code § 10-5-6, adopted by Ordinance 117-97 in 1998 and amended by Ordinance 764-21 in 2021, governs non-consent towing inside Town limits. Any person, including a tow company or wrecker operator, who moves or tows a vehicle into a public garage, parking lot, storage yard or automotive recycling yard, or onto private property, without the consent of the vehicle's owner or the owner's agent, must notify the Queen Creek Police Department by telephone within one hour of the tow. The requirement does not apply when the tow is made at the direction of a peace officer. A tow company that skips the call forfeits every claim it has for towing and storage charges on that vehicle and is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, Arizona's highest misdemeanor class.

The Town's separate offenses chapter, § 9-7-15, restates the same duty in the traffic-and-parking article: towing a conveyance without owner consent and without the § 10-5-6 notification is itself a Class 1 misdemeanor. That section, most recently amended by Ordinance 890-26 on May 20, 2026, also authorizes the Town to remove vehicles that obstruct traffic, block a driveway or sit abandoned under Article 10-5, and lets the Town impound and store property used in a violation at the responsible party's cost under § 10-5-7. Together the two sections put the compliance burden squarely on the towing company, not the vehicle owner: the company loses its fee and faces criminal exposure if it fails to call Police promptly after a non-consent tow.