Checktow Corp operates one service: CheckTow, a parking ticket, boot, and tow alert service for New York City drivers. Everything below is part of running that service, and it all runs the same way: public records, checked daily, turned into warnings a driver can act on.
Every vehicle registered with CheckTow is checked against NYC Open Data records every day. NYC Open Data is the public record the City of New York publishes for parking tickets, including payments, penalties, and judgments. When a new ticket appears for a registered plate, we record it and alert the driver.
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. We track each registered vehicle's total and warn the driver as it approaches that threshold, when a ticket enters judgment, and if the threshold is crossed.
Drivers add vehicles by scanning a license plate with a phone camera, or by typing the plate number. A first scan is free and does not require an account.
We deliver alerts as push notifications and email: new tickets, upcoming penalty dates, judgments, boot risk, and a weekly summary. Drivers choose which channels they receive.
We support the service and its subscribers directly. Contact details are on the Contact page, and the Privacy Policy explains what information the service uses and why.
The service is a monitoring operation, not a data business. The facts of how it runs:
The CheckTow app for iPhone and Android is in preparation for launch. Features, how it works, and launch information are on the CheckTow app site.