“Is the silver Civic still here?”
Search by plate, VIN, make or color from any phone. The answer is the space number, not a walk across the yard.
For tow companies with a storage or impound lot
Impound lot software for small tow companies, without the dispatch suite
ImpoundLog is impound lot management software for small towing companies that logs every vehicle on your storage lot: which space it sits in, who ordered the tow, what hold is on it, and when and to whom it left.
Free for one lot and 25 vehicles. No card, no dispatch module, no sales call.
What the phone rings about
Three questions, answered without walking the yard
“Can it go?”
Police hold, investigative hold, lien notice sent, auction eligible. A vehicle under an active hold can't be released by staff, only by the owner with a logged note.
“Who took it, and when?”
Every release carries the date and time, who it went to, and which login authorized it. It's there a year later when the storage bill is disputed.
The lot map
The whiteboard, except it's never wrong
Every space on your lot, with what's parked in it, how many days it's been there, and whether a hold is on it. Drivers drop a new tow into an open space from the phone. The office drags a vehicle to a new space when the yard gets shuffled, and the move goes into its history.
Partners see only their own vehicles on the list, not the map.
Main lot · 6 on the lot · 3 of 8 spaces openExample
- A12015 silver Civic
- A22009 white F-150POLICE HOLD
- A3Open
- A42018 black Altima
- B12003 red CorollaLIEN SENT
- B2Open
- B32020 gray Equinox
- B4Open
What it does
A tow yard inventory the whole shop can trust
Vehicle impound log from the truck
The driver logs plate, VIN, make, color, tow reason, requester and space from the phone at the gate, at 2 a.m. if that's when the tow comes in. No clipboard, no retyping in the morning, and the driver can fix their own entry for 24 hours.
Lot map: your impound lot inventory by space
Name your spaces the way they're painted (A1, A2, B1…) and every one shows what's parked in it. Drag a vehicle to a new space when the yard gets shuffled; the move is written to the vehicle's history.
Holds you cannot release by accident
Set a police or investigative hold at intake or later. Staff see it on the list, the map and the vehicle, and the release form refuses them. Only the owner can override, and the override note is stamped on the record.
Aging and lien reminders on the dashboard
Vehicles over 30 days, lien notices due, vehicles now eligible for auction. You record the date each notice went out; the app keeps the count so nothing sits earning nothing.
Partner lookup for the people who call you
Give the police department or the property manager a read-only login that shows only the vehicles they ordered towed: on the lot or released, space, hold, dates. Fewer calls asking if it's still there.
One vehicle, start to finish
The record builds itself while the lot does its day
- 1
Tow-in
Driver logs it at the gate: plate, VIN, make, color, reason, who requested it, keys on lot, space.
- 2
Hold
Office sets a police or investigative hold. The vehicle is flagged everywhere; staff can't release it.
- 3
Notice
Day 30 shows up on the dashboard. The office records the lien notice date; later, auction eligible.
- 4
Release
Owner's name, date and time, authorized by whom. Or auctioned, or scrapped. The space frees up on the map.
Who logs in
Who sees what on the lot
- Owner
- Sets up lots and spaces, invites everyone, sees and changes anything, and is the only one who can delete a record or override a hold.
- Lot manager
- The office. Logs intakes, moves vehicles, sets and clears holds, records releases, keeps the requester list. Can't delete or manage logins.
- Driver
- Logs the tow-in from the lot on a phone and can fix that entry for 24 hours. Sees the whole lot and map to find an open space.
- Partner
- A police department or property manager. Read-only, and only the vehicles towed at their request.
What it replaces
Three things that go in the dumpster
- The paper intake ticket and the whiteboard of space numbers
- The Excel or Google Sheets impound inventory the office updates when it gets around to it
- The impound module of a $109-a-month dispatch suite, for a shop that only needs the lot log
Pricing
Priced by the lot you run
Solo is free for good. Crew adds driver logins. Yard adds the office, partner lookups and up to five lots. Yearly is two months free.
Solo
$0 / month
free for good
- Lots: 1
- Vehicles on the lot at once: 25
- Logins: 1
- Driver logins (log from the truck)
- Lot manager login
- Partner lookup (police, property managers)
- Lot map, holds, releases, CSV export
Crew
$19 / month
or $190 a year
- Lots: 1
- Vehicles on the lot at once: 150
- Logins: 8
- Driver logins (log from the truck)
- Lot manager login
- Partner lookup (police, property managers)
- Lot map, holds, releases, CSV export
Yard
$39 / month
or $390 a year
- Lots: 5
- Vehicles on the lot at once: 1000
- Logins: 30
- Driver logins (log from the truck)
- Lot manager login
- Partner lookup (police, property managers)
- Lot map, holds, releases, CSV export
Questions tow operators ask
Before you sign up
- Is this towing impound software or a dispatch program?
- Only the lot. ImpoundLog is the impound and storage lot log: intake, space, hold, release, partner lookup. There's no dispatching, no invoicing and no driver GPS. If you run a one-lot shop and only need to know what's on the lot, that's the point.
- Does it stop a release when there's a police hold?
- Yes. A vehicle under a police or investigative hold can't be released by a driver or lot manager; the release form refuses it and says why. The owner can override with a note, and that note is written into the vehicle's history with the owner's name and the time.
- Can my drivers log the tow-in from the truck?
- Yes. The Crew and Yard plans include driver logins. A driver opens ImpoundLog on their phone at the gate, logs the vehicle and drops it into an open space on the map. They can correct their own entry for 24 hours; after that only the office can.
- How does the partner login work for the police department?
- On the Yard plan you invite a read-only Partner login and link it to a requester, say the city police department. That login sees only vehicles towed at their request: on the lot or released, which space, what hold, and the release date. Nothing else, and they can't change anything.
- Does it track storage days and lien notices?
- It counts days on the lot for every vehicle and flags the ones past 30 days with no lien notice recorded. You enter the date you sent the notice and set the hold to lien notice sent or auction eligible when your state's rules say so. The app records; the compliance stays with you.
- Can I export the log?
- Yes. The whole vehicle log, or just the releases, downloads as CSV from the app at any time. It opens in Excel or Google Sheets.
- What's free?
- The Solo plan is free for good: one lot, up to 25 vehicles on the lot at a time, one login. Upgrade when you want driver logins or a lot manager.
Updated October 14, 2026
Name your lot. Add the spaces. Log tonight's tows.
Ten minutes to set up with the whiteboard in front of you. Free for one lot and 25 vehicles, as long as you like.