Huerfano County Vehicle Impound Guide

One company in Huerfano County handles both the tow truck and the ignition interlock device a driver might need later — the primary impound contractor for the Sheriff's Office and Walsenburg PD in Walsenburg is also a certified interlock installer. For a lot of DUI defendants here, this one shop ends up handling the car twice: once off the roadside, and again months later for a required device.

Storage fees run by the calendar day, not by a rolling 24-hour period, and that distinction costs real money on an overnight arrest. A vehicle towed at 11 p.m. and picked up at 8 a.m. the next morning can still get billed for two days of storage rather than one, since the tow crossed a calendar boundary. At roughly $47.12 a day, plus a base tow rate near $279.78 an hour and a $103.70 after-hours release fee, a Friday night arrest retrieved Monday morning can land somewhere between $600 and $800 once everything is added up. A $150 notification fee gets added on top if the car sits long enough for certified mail to go out.

Getting the vehicle back requires a valid driver's license (or a licensed driver standing in, if the owner's license was seized at arrest), current proof of insurance, and proof of ownership through registration or title. If the car is being held as evidence, which happens in accident cases or felony DUIs, none of that matters until the Sheriff's Office or the District Attorney signs off on a Release of Hold document. No amount of paperwork from the owner gets around that step.