RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
Salt Lake City Code § 12.96.120
in effect12.96.120: RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES:
Before the owner, or the owner's agent or the lienholder of record shall be permitted to remove a vehicle which has been impounded, the owner shall:
A. Furnish satisfactory evidence to the police department of his/her identity and his/her ownership or interest in said vehicle;
B. 1. Request and obtain from the police department or the hearing officer, a written order of release directed to the place of vehicle storage, or to the parking enforcement office if the vehicle has been immobilized. Said order of release shall be issued to the owner or owner's agent or to the lienholder of record, upon:
a. The payment of the towing fee, costs of the immobilizing device, storage fees, and any other costs reasonably incurred from the date of such impounding or immobilization to the time of obtaining the order of release, or
b. Obtaining a waiver of fees after successfully petitioning the city to release the vehicle, without requirement of payment of impound, immobilizing or other costs and fees, or a reduction in said fees and costs, as provided in section 12.96.090 of this chapter, or its successor;
2. In the event a vehicle is not retrieved from the place of storage within twenty four (24) hours after a vehicle release has been issued, or within twenty four (24) hours of having been issued a waiver of fees by a hearing examiner, the owner shall be liable for all subsequent storage fees;
C. Sign a written receipt of said vehicle and deliver the same to the place of storage upon receiving the impounded vehicle. (Ord. 43-98 § 4, 1998: Ord. 56-86 § 3, 1986: Ord. 70-82 § 1, 1982: prior code §§ 46-20-284.d, 46-26-319)
Source: Salt Lake City, Utah, City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/saltlakecityut/latest/saltlakecity_ut/0-0-0-54255Fetched: 11/1/2026