Towed or impounded in Tulsa: getting it back, or letting it go

Where a towed car in Tulsa actually goes

Neither cityoftulsa.org nor tulsapolice.org runs a general "here's the impound lot" page, but the answer exists in writing, on Tulsa Police's property FAQ, because sellers keep asking the Evidence Room the wrong question:

"The Property Room does not store motor vehicles. Motor vehicles that are impounded and towed by TPD officers are stored at Allied Towing, 1011 N. Lewis Ave. Their phone number is 585-5571."

Source: Tulsa Police Department, Property FAQs.

That's a specific address, straight from TPD. Separately, and the City has published nothing tying the two together: its current citywide wrecker, impound and storage contract, procurement TAC 277F, opened for bid on 15 January 2026, and the results page names the award going to a bidder called Allied Holdings LLC. Every officer-directed tow inside city limits runs through whichever contractor holds that agreement. Either way, finding the car starts with calling the number TPD lists, or Tulsa Police's non-emergency line, 918.596.9222, or 311.

Sources: City of Tulsa, TAC 277F bid results, Awarded Bidder(s); City of Tulsa, TAC 277F bid summary (PDF), Bid Opening Date; Tulsa Police, Citizen Resources.

What it costs, and what the City won't tell you

No per-day storage rate or hook-up fee appears anywhere on the City's own site. What the contract does say is who sets the number and who collects it — not the City:

"All fees are to be collected from vehicle owner (excluding City-owned vehicles), the owner's agent or representative." "Charges to vehicle owner will be in accordance with Title 47 § 953.1 of the Oklahoma State Statutes."

One relief valve exists: at the Chief of Police's request, the contractor must waive or reduce a fee once it's proved a vehicle was towed in error or held too long. Nothing here gives you a dollar figure, so call the lot before you drive over — storage adds up daily.

Source: City of Tulsa, TAC 277F specifications, Application of Fees and Charges.

Getting it released, and if nobody comes for it

The lot runs 24 hours with a staffed office at all times, per the same contract — no appointment window to work around. What documents the counter wants isn't published by the City, so ask when you call. A car held as evidence sits in a separate secured area and won't move the same way.

An unclaimed car doesn't sit forever. The City built a check into what happens next rather than leaving it entirely to the contractor:

"The sale of vehicles for storage fees shall be performed in accordance with applicable Oklahoma Statutes. The Contractor must furnish the City with a list of all vehicles the Contractor intends to sell for storage fees ten (10) days prior to the sale. The City may prevent the sale of any vehicle."

Source: City of Tulsa, TAC 277F specifications, Sale of Vehicles for Storage Fees.

A car flagged on your own property is a different office

A vehicle sitting in your own driveway, not a police tow, runs through Code Enforcement under Planning and Neighborhoods instead:

"Code Enforcement enforces nuisance, zoning and property maintenance ordinances to help prevent deterioration of neighborhoods and help maintain the highest safety and health standards for the many residential, non-residential and vacant properties in the City of Tulsa."

A vehicle on blocks is a Priority 1 case, the department's fastest track. A violation gets a mailed notice giving you ten days to fix it, with two ten-day extensions available at $64 each — miss all of it and the City can act itself and bill you $300 on top of the abatement cost.

Source: City of Tulsa, Code Enforcement.

Parking tickets, and street sweeping

Ordinary street enforcement is simpler than a tow, and Municipal Court explains it in one line:

"There are only 2 basic types of tickets that you will receive from the Tulsa Police Department. The first type of ticket has the word 'COURT' in the box... you cannot pay it online and you must appear in court on the date indicated on the ticket. The other type of ticket... has a dollar amount listed in the box. Any ticket with a printed dollar amount (regardless of amount) can be paid online."

Source: City of Tulsa, Traffic Tickets.

Street sweeping itself is checked directly rather than assumed here. Tulsa publishes a cleaning frequency — "Arterial streets are swept twelve times a year and curbed residential streets are swept four times a year" — and nothing on that page mentions a citation, a fine, or a tow tied to the sweep. It's a calendar, not an enforcement schedule, so there's no ticket schedule to report.

Source: City of Tulsa, Street Sweeping.

Weigh the fees against the car before you pay them

Every day at Allied Towing adds storage to whatever the car already owes, whether or not the car underneath it is worth much. Before you pay to spring something you were already thinking about getting rid of, find out what it's worth — a cash offer online is free and doesn't commit you to anything.

If that number beats what the lot wants, paying the release fee to sell it makes sense. If the car's worth less than what's stacked up against it, the honest move is to stop paying: an unclaimed vehicle gets sold for the unpaid fees under the process above, nothing further required from you.