Seattle, WA Business Licensing & Operations: Towing Companies (2026)

Chapter 46.55 RCW — TOWING AND IMPOUNDMENT. Sections include: 46.55.010 Definitions; 46.55.020 Registration required — Penalty; 46.55.025 Registration or insurance required — Penalty; 46.55.030 Application — Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate; 46.55.035 Prohibited acts — Penalty; 46.55.037 Compensation for private impounds; 46.55.040 Permit required — Inspections of equipment and facilities; 46.55.050 Classification of trucks — Marking requirements — Time and place of inspection — Penalty; 46.55.060 Business location — Requirements; 46.55.063 Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices; [...] 46.55.070 Posting requirements — Exception; 46.55.075 Law enforcement impound — Required form, procedures; 46.55.080 Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound — Master log — Certain associations restricted; [...] 46.55.118 Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds; 46.55.120 Redemption of vehicles — Sale of unredeemed property — Improper impoundment; [...] 46.55.240 Local ordinances — Requirements.