Glascock County Vehicle Impound Guide

Getting your car back after a DUI arrest in Glascock County is a two-stop process, and the first stop is not the tow lot. The county has no impound facility, so the vehicle goes to a private wrecker service. You can't just show up there and pay. You need a release form from the Sheriff first.

Go to the Glascock County Sheriff's Office at 437 East Main Street in Gibson and ask for a Vehicle Release Form. To get it you have to show a valid driver's license, proof of current insurance, and proof that you own the car, which means the registration or title. If your license was taken at the arrest, bring a licensed driver who can sign for and move the vehicle. The point of this step is to keep the Sheriff's Office clear of liability for handing a car to the wrong person or to someone who can't legally drive it.

With the release form, you go to the towing company's lot. In most Glascock arrests that's Jay's Towing and Transport at 474 Calhoun Street in Gibson, which sits in the county seat and is usually the closest option. For a stop near the county line or a heavy vehicle, the rotation can send a regional operator from the Thomson area instead.

Expect a tow fee in the range of $175 to $250 and storage of about $30 to $50 for each day the car sits. Georgia caps non-consensual towing and storage rates under the Department of Public Safety's Maximum Rate Tariff, and the fees have to be all-inclusive, with no separate gate charge or after-hours fee stacked on top. Storage accrues every 24 hours, so the car getting more expensive by the day is the reason to move quickly.

Most rural wrecker operators want cash or a certified check for an impound release and won't take a credit card, partly to avoid chargebacks on a tow the owner didn't request. Call the lot for the exact total before you drive out there.