CheckTow watches New York City records for your vehicles and alerts you when a parking ticket is issued, when a penalty date is coming up, and when a car is at risk of being booted or towed.
In preparation for launch on iPhone and Android. Your first plate scan is free and does not need an account.
This is CheckTow the way a driver lives with it. Scroll, and walk through the screens: the garage in the morning, a plate scan at the curb, the alert that lands before a penalty does. Every screen follows the app's production design, down to the gauge that tracks the $350 boot line.
The garage opens on the number that matters: how much sits in judgment on each car, and how close that is to the $350 line where a boot becomes legal. Every plate is checked against city records, every day, so the number is never a surprise.
At the curb, in a lot, on a car you are thinking of buying: line the plate up in the frame and CheckTow reads it. No typing, no account, and the first scan is free.
A scan answers with the three numbers a driver actually needs: how many tickets are open, what is due, and how much has hardened into judgment, the money that counts toward a boot.
A ticket is cheapest the week it is issued. CheckTow pins what is urgent to the top: penalty steps, judgment entries, and balances closing on the boot line, delivered by push, email, or both.
Nothing open, nothing in judgment, checked today. Clear is the screen the whole service works toward, and it stays that way only because something is watching the other four.
Screens follow the app's production design
CheckTow is built for New York City drivers who park on the street or in public lots: drivers with one car or several, households that share vehicles, and anyone who has ever walked up to a boot on their wheel or a car that was not where they left it.
You park where the city lets you and find out about tickets when the envelope shows up, if it shows up. CheckTow checks the record for your plate every day, so the first version of the news is the cheap one.
Partners, parents, grown kids: shared cars collect tickets nobody remembers getting. One watch covers the household's plates, and the alerts can reach the people who actually drive them.
A second car, a work van, the one that mostly sits. Each added plate gets the same daily check and the same warnings, and the garage keeps every balance in one place.
CheckTow checks NYC Open Data records for your plates and lets you know when a new parking ticket shows up, while there is still time to pay or dispute it.
In New York City, a vehicle can be booted when its owner owes $350 or more in parking ticket judgments. CheckTow warns you as your balance approaches that line and if it crosses it.
Add a vehicle by scanning its plate with your phone camera, or by typing the plate number. Your first scan is free and does not need an account.
Choose how you hear about new tickets, penalty dates, judgments, and weekly summaries: push notifications on your phone, email, or both.
Add your plate, and CheckTow checks city records for it every day. When something changes, you get an alert with the details you need to act.
The boot is what an unpaid balance becomes. In New York City a vehicle can be booted at $350 or more in parking ticket judgments. CheckTow tracks your balance daily and warns you before that line.
The questions every driver asks first. The FAQ page has the rest.
CheckTow is a parking ticket alert service for New York City drivers. You add the license plates of the vehicles you drive, and CheckTow checks NYC Open Data records for them every day. When a new parking ticket is issued, a penalty date is coming up, or your balance puts a vehicle at risk of a boot or a tow, CheckTow alerts you.
In New York City, a vehicle can be booted when its owner owes $350 or more in parking ticket judgments, and a booted vehicle can be towed if the debt is not settled. CheckTow tracks your total and warns you as it approaches that line.
No. CheckTow alerts you about tickets and deadlines. Paying or disputing a ticket is done with the city, and CheckTow gives you the ticket details you need to do that.
More answers are on the FAQ page. To reach the company directly, see the contact page, and our Privacy Policy explains what information the service uses and why.
CheckTow is a New York City service from Checktow Corp. The app is in preparation for launch on iPhone and Android. When it launches, this page will carry the download links. Company information, the Privacy Policy, and the Terms of Service are on the company website.
