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    Towed Vehicles

    Metadata Updated: March 15, 2026

    This dataset displays location for vehicles that have been towed and impounded by the City of Chicago within the last 90 days. Illegally parked vehicles, abandoned vehicles and vehicles used for illegal activities may be towed by the Chicago Police Department, the Department of Streets and Sanitation, the Department of Revenue, Aviation and the office of the City Clerk. After a tow request is issued, an inventory number is assigned by the Department of Streets and Sanitation and a truck is dispatched to tow the requested vehicle to a City auto pound. Disclaimer: This dataset includes vehicles towed or relocated by the City of Chicago; it does not include vehicles towed by a private towing company.

    Background Information: Auto Pound Locations (http://j.mp/kG5sgF). Tow Process Overview (http://j.mp/lfBOEP). Common Towing Questions (http://j.mp/imFYlp). Parking and Standing Violations (http://j.mp/ifW8Uj). Related Applications: Find Your Vehicle (http://j.mp/lWn0S7).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Chicago JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2026
    Publisher data.cityofchicago.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ygr5-vcbg
    Data First Published 2014-12-01
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-15
    Category Transportation
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.cityofchicago.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id b8a78f0e-326d-4740-8c4e-6dd820965742
    Harvest Source Id 7590e386-229e-453a-8e53-6f18e200e421
    Harvest Source Title Chicago JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/ygr5-vcbg
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 4c0c68910866cd1a034931a2e86e2c559cf07d038c1ca2bd0b8a2e489a282bc9
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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