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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 22-10 Records and receipts.">
  <section prefix="§" num="22-10" heading="Records and receipts.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Work order statements.">
      <para num="(1)">At the request of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle, each tow truck operator shall:<para num="(i)">inform the owner or operator of the motor vehicle of the towing service charges; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">provide a towing service work order statement.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Each towing service work order statement shall contain the following:<para num="(i)">the name, business address, license number, and telephone number of the towing service;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a brief description of the motor vehicle, including the motor vehicle license plate number and vehicle identification number;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the location to which the motor vehicle was towed;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the towing charge and the basis for such charge;</para>
        <para num="(v)">the rate chargeable per day for storage where the motor vehicle is to be stored by the towing service; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">any other fees or charges to be paid by the owner or operator.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Receipts.">
      <para num="(1)">Upon payment of any fees for towing services, the tow truck operator or any other employee of the towing service shall provide a receipt for the amount paid to him as the charge for the service and shall sign and deliver to the owner and/or operator of the motor vehicle a receipt of such payment.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The operator shall sign the receipt in a legible manner and shall print his name under the signature.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Daily log.">
      <para num="(1)">Each towing service licensed under the provisions of this subtitle shall maintain a record in its ordinary course of business of every tow made under this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The record shall include the following for each vehicle towed:<para num="(i)">the license plate number of the motor vehicle towed and the motor vehicle identification number;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the locations from which and to which the motor vehicle was towed;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the reason for towing;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the name of the person authorizing the towing of the motor vehicle; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">additional pertinent information, other than financial, as required by the Board.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The record shall be retained by the licensee for a minimum of 2 years.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Inspection of records and vehicles.">Each towing service licensed under the provisions of this subtitle:<para num="(1)">shall make available in a reasonable time and manner, for inspection by the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing or the Police Department, its records kept in the ordinary course of business pursuant to this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">shall make available for inspection by the Police Department those motor vehicles which remain impounded or stored in the storage or repair facility of the towing service.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §137(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-273</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
