How to get your car out of impound in Church Hill
If your car got towed in Church Hill, here's how to find it fast and get it back the same day.
What Virginia law says
Richmond doesn't run its own city impound yard. Since 1992, the city's exclusive towing contractor has been Seibert's Towing, which handles every Richmond Police-directed tow, parking violations, accidents, stolen vehicles, abandoned vehicles, and more, out of a secured 19-acre lot at 642 W. Southside Plaza Dr. The city publishes a live towed-vehicle listing at apps.richmondgov.com/applications/towviewing (make, model, color, partial VIN, partial plate, and time towed), kept online for 14 days, so check that first before assuming your car was stolen. Questions go to Richmond's non-emergency line at (804) 646-5100, or email 911rva@rva.gov; Seibert's own office can be reached directly at (804) 233-5757 to confirm the exact fee, since the rate for a police-directed tow runs on the city's contract with Seibert's rather than a single published fee schedule. Most routine Richmond tows are for street cleaning, special events, Peak Towing violations (7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.), or three or more unpaid parking tickets, and towing activity runs heaviest in the Fan given how tight parking already is there. Henrico County and Chesterfield County run their own separate systems: Henrico tows go through the police non-emergency line at (804) 501-5000, and Chesterfield tows go through (804) 748-1251, since neither county publishes a confirmed public vehicle-lookup tool the way Richmond does. Whatever the number ends up being, Virginia law (§ 46.2-1217) says a towing business can't refuse to release your car once you tender payment by cash, an insurance company check, a certified check, a money order, or a credit card, and refusing suspends any further storage charge. Quick Tow Richmond is a referral service, not the city's contracted pound. We can't waive fees the city or county sets, but we can help with transport once your car's released.
How it works in Church Hill
- 1 Find out where your car went
Check apps.richmondgov.com/applications/towviewing for a Richmond Police tow, or call (804) 646-5100. Outside the city, call Henrico's non-emergency line at (804) 501-5000 or Chesterfield's at (804) 748-1251.
- 2 Confirm it's at Seibert's Towing
Richmond's contracted lot is Seibert's Towing, 642 W. Southside Plaza Dr., (804) 233-5757. Call ahead so you're not making a trip for nothing.
- 3 Check the online listing before you drive over
The city keeps its towed-vehicle listing online for 14 days after the tow. Confirm your make, model, and plate match before you head out.
- 4 Ask what you'll owe
The fee for a police-directed tow runs on Richmond's contract with Seibert's, not a single published schedule. Call (804) 233-5757 to confirm the exact current number.
- 5 Pay the lot directly
Quick Tow Richmond doesn't set or collect impound fees. You pay the lot, not us.
- 6 Retrieve your vehicle
Bring valid ID and be ready to pay by cash, check, money order, or card. Virginia law says a yard can't refuse a valid payment method or keep charging storage once you try.
What this looks like around Church Hill
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Patrick Henry delivered "Give me liberty, or give me death" inside St. John's Episcopal Church in 1775, and the steep, narrow streets around it still define how a Church Hill tow plays out today. These are genuinely hilly blocks by Richmond standards, narrow enough that street cleaning alone accounts for a real share of the routine pulls here. In a winter ice storm, like the roughly one inch of ice that knocked out power to 275,000 Virginia families on Christmas Eve 1998, these streets stay icy longer than flatter neighborhoods because they get little direct sun. Broad St, Nine Mile Rd, and 25th St carry the neighborhood's day-to-day traffic, with I-64 close by to the north. Chimborazo Park, site of the Civil War's largest Union hospital, and Libby Hill Park add tourist and event parking overflow around church functions on top of routine slide-out calls. A Church Hill tow, winter or not, goes through Seibert's Towing, the city's exclusive contractor since 1992. Confirm it at apps.richmondgov.com/applications/towviewing or call (804) 646-5100. Richmond's 2025 ordinance reportedly raised the local hookup cap near $195, still under Virginia's statewide $210 maximum; confirm the current figure with Seibert's or the city before you pay. This is a historically Black neighborhood that has gentrified fast since the mid-2010s, and it's a mixed-income community today.
Common Church Hill questions
How do I find out where my car was towed in Church Hill?
Check the city's online listing at apps.richmondgov.com/applications/towviewing, or call Richmond's non-emergency line at (804) 646-5100. In Henrico, call (804) 501-5000; in Chesterfield, call (804) 748-1251.
What will I owe to get my car out of impound in Church Hill?
The fee for a Richmond police-directed tow runs on the city's contract with Seibert's Towing rather than a single published rate. Call (804) 233-5757 to confirm the exact current number.
How long does Richmond keep a towed vehicle listed online in Church Hill?
The city's towed-vehicle lookup tool keeps a listing online for 14 days after the tow. Call (804) 646-5100 if you can't find your car there.
Can Quick Tow Richmond release my car from impound in Church Hill?
No. We are a referral service, not the city's contracted pound. We can't waive fees, but we can help with transport once your car is released.
Related help for Church Hill
Impound release process in the rest of the Richmond Core area
Need your car towed once it's released in Church Hill?
We can't waive the yard's fees. We can tow it home the moment it clears.