National civic platform · First community: Richmond, Virginia
Text BeforeTow
A warning before the hook.
Explore towing rules, share your experience, discover civic initiatives, and stay informed about what's happening in your community.
- Community platform
- Active in Richmond
- Pre-tow notification pilot
- Not yet active
- Towing data
- Community-reported
Civic Action Center
Actions publish after review
Every civic action is documented with sources, owners, and milestones before it appears here. Nothing is published as an official position without verification.
How it works
Civic infrastructure, built in the open
Text Before Tow works before any government adopts it, and is designed to plug into authorized municipal and towing workflows later.
Understand the rules
Plain-language explanations of state and local towing law, notice requirements, fee rules, and how to document an incident. Every entry is sourced and dated.
Document and discuss
Share a story, file a structured report, and join moderated discussions. Community reports are labeled as self-reported, never as official findings.
Build toward notification
Register a vehicle so you're ready when an authorized pre-tow notification program launches. Registration alone does not guarantee a warning.
Status disclosure: the community platform is active in Richmond. No official pre-tow notification integration, municipal agreement, or towing-company participation exists yet.
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The National Dispatch
Towing policy developments, documented civic actions, new public records, and community reporting, sent when there's something worth reading.
Separate consent categories. Operational tow alerts are never bundled with newsletters.