Grimes County Vehicle Impound Guide

Getting a car back after a DWI arrest in Grimes County runs into a rule most people don't expect: a vehicle storage facility can't legally release a car to anyone without a valid driver's license, and the registered owner's license is often the very thing the arrest just took away. The workaround is bringing a second person who does have a valid license to actually drive the car off the lot, or signing a notarized Affidavit of Right of Possession authorizing someone else to retrieve it instead.

Which lot has the vehicle isn't up to the driver. Both the Sheriff's Office and Navasota Police Department dispatch from a rotation list, so the car could end up at any of several yards, potentially Frank's Towing and Repair, Texans Crown Towing, or ResQ Rangers, depending on whoever was next in the queue. Frank's offers 24-hour towing, but vehicle release runs by appointment only, so showing up at 3 a.m. expecting someone at the counter doesn't work.

Fees stack from more than one source. Inside Navasota city limits, municipal ordinance caps a non-consent rotation tow at $250 and a tow of an abandoned vehicle at $150. Outside that, or for storage itself, rates set by the state apply instead: $22.85 a day for storage, a one-time $21.03 impoundment fee, and a $50 notification fee that becomes valid once the lot sends a certified letter to the registered owner, something it's required to do if the car sits unclaimed for 24 hours. Storage lots often calculate days by the calendar date or in 12-hour blocks rather than a rolling 24 hours, so a vehicle towed late at night can pick up a second day's charge faster than expected.