Where is the Crockett County County impound lot?

THP District 8 / Crockett County Sheriff is located at 899 South Cavalier Dr, Alamo, TN 38001. Phone: 800-736-3993.

Crockett County Vehicle Impound Guide

Impound Cost Calculator

$45/day*

Calculate how much it will cost to retrieve your vehicle from THP District 8 / Crockett County Sheriff in Crockett County, Tennessee.

*Estimated fees shown for Crockett County. Actual fees may vary.

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The First 48 Hours

After a DUI arrest in Crockett County, your vehicle is likely towed to an impound lot. Storage fees accumulate daily, making time your biggest enemy.

Retrieval Timeline

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Vehicle Towed
Usually within 30 minutes of your arrest.
2
Lot Notification
Fees and admin processing start immediately upon arrival.
3
Daily Accrual
Fees start at state averages in Crockett County.
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Final Notice
After 30 days, the lot may begin the auction process.

Required Documents

Valid Photo ID (License or State ID)
Vehicle Registration or Title
Current Proof of Insurance
Full Payment (Cash/Credit)
Release Authorization (if not owner)

Owner Not Present?

If the registered owner is in custody, you will need a notarized power of attorney or specific written authorization and a copy of their ID to retrieve the vehicle.

Lot Details & Map

Current storage facility information for Crockett County. Verify your vehicle's location before traveling.

THP District 8 / Crockett County Sheriff

Address

899 South Cavalier Dr, Alamo, TN 38001

Phone

800-736-3993

Release Hours

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Frequently Asked Questions

There's no municipal impound lot in Crockett County, only a private wrecker rotation. Buddy's Wrecker Service and Road Rescue Network commonly handle arrests near Alamo and Friendship; Privitt's Garage and Alpha Towing & Recovery pick up other zones depending on exactly where the stop happened. The arresting officer is supposed to hand over a tow slip at booking, but it gets lost often enough in the chaos of a DUI intake that calling ahead is the more reliable move: the Sheriff's Office non-emergency dispatch at (731) 696-2104 can look up the wrecker log by location and timestamp.

These rural lots run genuine small-business hours. The front desk commonly locks for lunch between noon and 1 p.m., and administrative releases typically stop by 4 or 4:30 p.m. even though the gates stay open later for tow trucks coming and going. Call first to confirm someone's there to process a release, and plan to arrive by 3:30 p.m. Bring exact cash; card payments often carry a 3-5% surcharge on top of the bill.

The county's size works against anyone arrested near its edges. At 266 square miles, a stop near the Madison County line can get towed all the way to a lot in Friendship or Gibson, and mileage surcharges stack hard on top of the base tow fee the farther the car travels. Coordinating recovery with the bail process, so a licensed driver is ready at the jail to go straight to the distant lot before the cutoff, is the most reliable way to keep the bill from ballooning.

Release goes only to the registered owner, and even then, since the DUI arrest itself takes the owner's license, a second person with a valid, unencumbered license has to be present to actually drive the car away. If the owner can't make it, the lot generally requires a notarized letter of authorization along with copies of the owner's ID. One real structural difference here: because these are private lots, not a municipal impound, there's no administrative tow hearing to challenge the validity of the tow. Any dispute has to be raised as a civil matter or folded into a suppression motion during the criminal case itself.