Vehicle release fee.
Sacramento City Code § 10.08.120
in effect10.08.120 Vehicle release fee.
Pursuant to authority provided in Vehicle Code Section 22850.5, the city adopts and imposes a vehicle release fee, in an amount to be set by resolution of the city council, for recovery of administrative costs incurred for vehicles towed and/or stored pursuant to the following Vehicle Code sections:
10751 | CVC Altered or removed vehicle identification number
14602.6 | CVC Revoked/suspended license
22523(a) | CVC Abandoned on highway
| (b) Abandoned on private property
22651(a) | CVC Vehicle left standing on bridge
| (b) Vehicle left standing on a highway
22651(d) | Blocking driveway
| (e) Blocking fire hydrant
| (f) Vehicle left on a highway
| (h1) Driver arrested
| (h2) Notice of suspension issued
| (i) Five or more parking citations
| (j) No license plates
| (k) Parked in excess of 72 hours
| (l) Vehicle in violation of local ordinances reconstruction
| (m) Vehicle in violation of local ordinances permitting removal
| (n) No parking - tow-away zones
| (o) Registration expired 6 months
| (p) Unlicensed driver
| (q) Vehicle parked on highway in common interest developments, where posted
| (r) Illegally parked - blocking movement
22651.5 | CVC Removal of vehicles with activated audible alarms
22653(c) | CVC Driver arrested - private property
22655 | CVC Hit-and-run or pursuit/evading
22655.3 | Removal of a vehicle evading the police
22655.5 | Removal of a vehicle involved in a public offense
22656 | CVC Removal of a vehicle from a railroad right-of-way
22669(d) | CVC Parked - major components missing
(Prior code § 30.06.150)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-21557Fetched: 10/24/2026