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Tashkent’s rules for towing illegally parked vehicles and operating impound lots will change substantially from 24 December, when Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 508 takes effect and shifts the entire procedure into a unified electronic system, the city’s Road Traffic Organisation Centre (TSBO) announced.
The most immediate change for drivers is a narrow window to avoid impoundment altogether: if an owner returns to the vehicle before loading onto the tow truck begins and removes the violation, the car will not be taken. Once loading starts, however, the process cannot be halted regardless of the owner’s arrival.
Storage charges will begin accruing from the moment loading commences, billed per full day. To retrieve a vehicle, owners will need a QR-release permit generated within the new electronic system — a departure from the paper-based authorisations currently in use.
Fees and financial exposure
The resolution sets ceiling tariffs for Tashkent. Towing is priced at up to 88,000 soums per kilometre, subject to a maximum of 1,760,000 soums per incident. Impound storage costs up to 88,000 soums per day. The TSBO illustrated the combined exposure with a worked example: towing a car three kilometres and storing it for three days would cost 528,000 soums before any underlying traffic fine is added.
Those figures sit alongside a separate rule, already covered by this outlet, under which unpaid fines older than 60 days will trigger impoundment from 2027. The December changes deal specifically with the mechanics of towing and storage rather than that fine-enforcement threshold.
Abandonment and court proceedings
The resolution introduces explicit timelines for unclaimed vehicles. If an owner fails to collect a car within six months, the outstanding debt will be recovered through compulsory enforcement. After twelve months, a court may declare the vehicle ownerless — a step that could ultimately lead to its disposal.
Parking pressure cited as rationale
The TSBO framed the overhaul partly as a response to pedestrian-space encroachment, noting that a single improperly parked car occupies between eight and twelve square metres of pavement or footpath. The centre advised drivers to use designated parking areas and, where none are available nearby, to park further away or switch to public transport rather than leave vehicles in prohibited zones.
The shift to electronic processing is consistent with a broader push by Tashkent authorities to digitise traffic enforcement. The city issued more than 146,000 fare-evasion fines through automated systems in under ten months this year, and bus validators recently received a new passenger interface as part of the same modernisation drive.