Application; fingerprinting; fee; term.
NYC Admin. Code § 20-497
in effect§ 20-497 Application; fingerprinting; fee; term.
a. An application for any license required under this subchapter or for any renewal thereof shall be made to the commissioner in such form and manner as he or she shall prescribe by regulation. An applicant for any such license shall be fingerprinted by the department for the purpose of securing criminal history records from the state division of criminal justice services. The applicant shall pay a processing fee as required by the state division of criminal justice services. Where the applicant is a sole proprietorship, fingerprints shall be taken of the owner thereof. Where the applicant is a partnership, fingerprints shall be taken of the general partners thereof. Where the applicant is a corporation, fingerprints shall be taken of the officers, principals, directors and stockholders owning more than ten percent of the outstanding stock of the corporation. Any person required to be fingerprinted hereunder shall furnish to the department three current passport size photographs of such person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner need not require applicants for licenses required under this subchapter to be fingerprinted if criminal history records concerning such applicants are not available from the state division of criminal justice services.
b. There shall be a biennial fee for a license to engage in towing and for each tow truck in excess of 1 operated pursuant to such license. Such fee for a license to engage in towing shall be $600 and such fee for each tow truck in excess of 1 shall be $600. There shall be a biennial fee for a tow truck operator's license. The fee for such tow truck operator’s license shall be $20. In the event of the loss, mutilation or destruction of any license issued hereunder, the licensee may file such statement and proof of facts as the commissioner shall require, at the department, and the department shall issue a duplicate or substitute license without charging or collecting any fee therefor.
c. All licenses issued to a business pursuant to this subchapter to engage in towing and all license plates issued pursuant to this subchapter for tow trucks shall expire on April thirtieth, in even numbered years, and all licenses issued pursuant to this subchapter to tow truck drivers to operate tow trucks shall expire on October thirty-first, in even years, unless sooner suspended or revoked.
(Am. L.L. 2025/183, 12/12/2025, eff. 9/8/2026)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1987/028, L.L. 2004/014, and L.L. 2025/183.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-222598Fetched: 10/24/2026