Kendall County Vehicle Impound Guide
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Calculate how much it will cost to retrieve your vehicle from the impound lot in Kendall County, Texas.
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What comes next after a Texas DUI arrest
SR-22 insurance
A DUI in Texas often means an SR-22 must be filed before your license is reinstated.
Texas SR-22 guideDUI classes
Courts and the DMV usually require an approved alcohol education program in Texas.
DUI school guideIgnition interlock
Depending on your offense, Texas may require an interlock device to drive again.
Interlock guideThe First 48 Hours
After a DWI arrest in Kendall County, your vehicle is likely towed to an impound lot. Storage fees accumulate daily, making time your biggest enemy.
Retrieval Timeline
- 1
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 Kendall County.
- 4
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 Kendall County. Verify your vehicle's location before traveling.
Lot Information Pending
Contact Kendall County local dispatch for specific towing lot assignments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some vehicles towed after a Kendall County DWI arrest end up parked on a tow operator's front lawn, not at a fenced commercial lot. Boerne's high commercial real estate costs have pushed a few of the private rotation operators into storing vehicles at their own residential properties, so a spouse showing up Saturday morning to a house instead of an impound yard isn't a scam or a wrong address — it's just how the system works here.
Call dispatch, not the internet
There's no single impound lot. The Sheriff's Office and Boerne PD both use a rotating list of private operators, and whichever company was next in the sequence at the moment of the tow is the one holding the car. Searching online for "impound lot near me" wastes time. Kendall County Sheriff's Dispatch, 830-249-8645, keeps the real-time rotation log and can say immediately which operator has a specific vehicle.
Lunch breaks and early cutoffs
These are small private businesses, not a municipal lot with fixed public hours. Gates often lock for a midday lunch break, and staff frequently stop processing releases well before the posted closing time. Calling the specific operator ahead, confirmed through dispatch, to make sure someone will actually be there is the only way to avoid showing up to a locked gate and an extra day of storage fees.
Only the owner gets the car
A towing operator cannot release a vehicle to a spouse, parent, or friend on verbal say-so or a shared last name, even with the registered owner sitting in the Kendall County Detention Facility. The owner has to sign a notarized Vehicle Release Authorization naming the specific person allowed to retrieve it — which usually means arranging a mobile notary to visit the jail, adding real delay before anyone can drive the car home.
If the tow itself was wrong
Texas Transportation Code §601.261 allows a tow hearing when a defendant believes the stop and impoundment lacked probable cause, filed within roughly 14 days in the Justice of the Peace precinct where the tow happened. For a third-or-subsequent DWI, though, the bigger threat isn't the tow bill — it's Chapter 59 civil forfeiture, which can permanently take the vehicle regardless of what the impound fees come to.
Need Help Beyond Impound?
If you're dealing with a recent arrest, here are immediate resources for release and legal help: