What happens if you don't pay impound in Clermont
If your car's been sitting at a tow yard in Clermont and the bill's unpaid, here's what happens next and how to stop it.
What Florida law says
Under Florida Statute 713.78, an unclaimed towed vehicle becomes eligible for a lien sale, essentially an auction to recover what's owed, 35 days after storage begins if the car is more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's 3 model years old or newer. Before the sale can happen, the storage facility has to send certified mail within 5 business days to you, your insurer, and any lienholder, itemizing every charge and stating the sale date. It also has to run a public notice at least 20 days before the sale on an approved notice website. Storage fees keep adding up daily the entire time your car sits there, currently $32 a day for a standard car in Orange County. Paying the balance, or disputing the tow before that deadline, keeps your car out of the sale. Quick Tow Orlando is a private tow company, not the storage yard. We can't stop a lien sale or waive the fees involved. If the car isn't worth saving anymore, junk car removal is a real option.
How it works in Clermont
- 1 Know your real deadline
Under Florida Statute 713.78, your car becomes eligible for sale 35 days after storage begins if it's more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's newer.
- 2 Confirm the yard and your balance
Call the storage facility directly to confirm where your car is and what you currently owe, since the total grows every day.
- 3 Watch for the certified-mail notice
The yard has to mail you an itemized notice within 5 business days of the tow, stating the sale date.
- 4 Pay or dispute before the sale date
Paying the full balance keeps your car out of the sale. Disputing the tow, including posting a bond in circuit court, can also stop it.
- 5 Decide if the car's worth saving
If storage fees have grown past what the car is worth, junk car removal is a legitimate way out. Quick Tow Orlando can help with pickup for an unwanted vehicle.
- 6 Retrieve your vehicle before it's too late
Bring your ID, registration, insurance, and payment to the yard once you're ready. Quick Tow Orlando isn't the yard, but we can help with transport once your car is released.
What this looks like around Clermont
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Clermont sits on the Lake Wales Ridge, the highest point on the entire Florida peninsula, and calls itself the Gem of the Hills for good reason, average elevation runs 125 feet with a high point of 312 feet, genuinely hilly terrain that no flat-Florida competitor can claim. That hill-and-lake-curve geography adds a brake-and-cooling-system angle you won't find in the rest of the metro, on top of routine Florida's Turnpike through-traffic at the SR-50 exit and event traffic from the National Training Center's triathlon and Olympic training crowds. We reach the Citrus Tower area, the Clermont Chain of Lakes, and the Turnpike/SR-50 interchange in about 35 to 45 minutes from West Orange dispatch. Flatbed and wheel-lift both see regular use, and our drivers know the hillside curves that catch out-of-town drivers unfamiliar with actual grades in Florida.
Common Clermont questions
How long before my car can be sold in Clermont?
35 days after storage begins if it's more than 3 model years old, or 57 days if it's 3 model years old or newer, under Florida Statute 713.78.
What notice do I get before a lien sale in Clermont?
The storage facility has to mail an itemized notice within 5 business days, and run a public notice at least 20 days before the sale.
How much will I owe if I wait to pay in Clermont?
Storage runs about $32 a day for a standard car in Orange County, and the bill grows every day your car sits there. Confirm your exact balance with the yard.
Does Quick Tow Orlando handle lien sales in Clermont?
No, we're a private tow company, not the storage yard. We can't stop a lien sale or waive fees, but we do offer junk car removal if the car isn't worth saving.
Related help for Clermont
Lien sale & auction in the rest of the West Orange & Lake area
Need your car towed once it's released in Clermont?
We can't waive the yard's fees. We can tow it home the moment it clears.