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York County adopts uniform police-requested towing rules after year-long advisory board work
Summary
After a year of work by a county-appointed Towing Advisory Board, the York County Board of Supervisors adopted a new ordinance that sets equipment, storage, fee and dispute-resolution standards for law-enforcement-requested tows; the ordinance takes effect Oct. 1, 2025.
The York County Board of Supervisors on July 15 approved a new county ordinance that creates uniform standards for police‑requested towing, including equipment and storage requirements, a county-maintained rotational towing list, a fee schedule and a dispute-resolution process.
The ordinance formalizes recommendations produced over the past year by the York County Towing Advisory Board and was presented to the supervisors by Captain Jason Houston of the York County Sheriff’s Office. Captain Houston said the rules apply only to tow trucks requested by law enforcement and not to private tows called by vehicle owners. “This does not affect private citizens calling their own tow trucks,” he said during the July presentation.
Why it matters: County officials and towing operators said inconsistent practices and widely varying bills for motorists—especially at crash scenes on the interstate—prompted the advisory-board effort. County leaders said the ordinance aims to protect residents who cannot choose their tower when law enforcement clears a crash, and to standardize business requirements for companies that want to serve on the county’s police-requested rotation list.
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