Giles County Vehicle Impound Guide

Giles County has no centralized municipal impound lot, only a private wrecker rotation dispatched by the arresting agency, whether that's the Pulaski Police Department, the Sheriff's Office, or the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Watson's Towing, serving Pulaski, Fayetteville, and Lynnville, handles a substantial share of that rotation, but the vehicle could end up with any contractor on the list depending on where the arrest happened. Get the towing company's name from the arresting officer before transport if you can. Otherwise, call the specific arresting agency's non-emergency dispatch line with the exact time and location of the arrest to trace the wrecker log; the county jail itself doesn't track where private contractors took a specific vehicle.

A word of caution: some national towing directories list "Pulaski Towing Inc." as a local provider, but that entity is actually based in Baltimore, Maryland, and does not serve Giles County, Tennessee. Don't waste time calling it.

Move fast, ideally within the first 24 to 48 hours. A flat $40 state mobilization fee applies independent of whatever the private contractor charges for towing and storage, and Tennessee's Comptroller has confirmed that reimbursable impound costs processed through debt collection or third-party billing systems are subject to sales tax on top of the base rate, which compounds the bill the longer the vehicle sits.

Only the registered owner can retrieve the vehicle, with valid ID and matching registration; the arrested driver has no authority to do it themselves if the car belongs to someone else. If the vehicle is under an evidentiary hold, common after a blood-draw warrant, a collision, or narcotics discovered in the cabin, the towing company is legally prohibited from releasing it no matter what documentation shows up, until the holding law enforcement agency formally authorizes the release.