Compliance

The rules already know themselves.

The tow industry is one of the most regulated in the country — lien rules, rotation rules, storage caps, mandatory mailers, retention windows. towyardIQ encodes the rules your state actually enforces. No spreadsheets. No “I think we have 30 days?”

Lien sales · 50 states

Notice timing & sale windows
pre-loaded.

For every state, we encode the notice window, mailing requirements, low-value vs. high-value thresholds, sale-eligibility timing, publication rules, and the title-transfer form your DMV expects. The platform generates state-correct artifacts the day a vehicle qualifies.

  • Per-state rule definitions with statute citations
  • Auto-generated state-correct notice forms (CA REG 168, FL § 713.78, NY MV-78B, etc.)
  • Two-tier handling for split states (CA: court <$4K vs. >$4K; NY: court <$1,250 vs. >$1,250)
  • Certified-mail tracking · USPS return receipt confirmation
  • DMV-ready release packets for title transfer

Try the state picker on the home page →

What “all 50 states” actually means

For each state we encode:

  • Initial notice window (24h to 15 days)
  • Required notice form & recipients
  • Mailing requirement (certified · return receipt)
  • Low-value vs. high-value sale paths
  • Sale-eligibility window per path
  • Publication requirement (newspaper · DMV)
  • Title transfer form & sequence
  • Statutory citations for legal team review

Police rotation compliance

  • Sequential dispatch enforcement — never skips a turn
  • Per-jurisdiction rotation logs · date, time, truck, response time
  • Refusal & unavailable tracking · auto-deferral rules
  • Officer portal with case-based access scoping
  • NCIC hit checks logged & preserved
  • Rotation-compliance report ready for police-board audit
Police rotation

Sequential. Logged. Defensible.

Police rotation contracts have one rule: don't skip a turn. Most tow software gives you a list and trusts you. towyardIQ enforces the order at the dispatch layer — and produces a defensible audit log for your police-board contract review.

Other compliance pillars

Every other rule your office tracks on a calendar.

DOT & FMCSA

Annual inspection windows, IRP / IFTA registration, DOT number renewals, ELD/HOS records integrated with Samsara & Geotab.

Driver Compliance

CDL class & endorsements, medical certificates, drug-test windows, MVR pulls. Multi-threshold alerts before expiration.

Insurance Certificates

Garage liability, on-hook, motor truck cargo, and per-vendor insurance tracking with certificate expiration alerts.

Tow License & Bonding

State, county, & municipal license tracking. Surety bond status. PUC / TDLR / other state-tow-authority requirements.

Storage Rate Caps

State and municipal max-rate enforcement. CA county-level caps. TX TDLR-published max rates. Auto-cap on invoice generation.

Retention & Disposal

Per-state retention rules for photos, notices, releases, & sale records. Automated archival & eligible-for-disposal flagging.

Consumer Protection

Posting requirements at the yard, fee disclosure, right-to-redeem language, dispute-resolution workflows per state law.

1099 & Tax

1099 generation for vendors and rotation partners. Sales-tax handling on storage portion (state-specific).

OSHA & Workplace

Yard signage requirements, PPE tracking, incident logging, and OSHA 300 reportable-event tracking.

Free state-rules audit for pilot partners.

When the pilot opens, we'll walk through every rule for your state with you and your legal team. Your existing rule set, our rule set, side by side. Coming soon.