A Tow Truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning one to a drivable surface in a mishap or inclement weather, towing or transporting one via flatbed to a repair shop or other location.
- Public Carrier Certificate (PCC): If your entity engaged in for-hire transportation of property, other than household goods, over the public roads in intrastate commerce in the State of Illinois you must obtain from the Illinois Commerce Commission a Public Carrier Certificate (ILCC).
- Safety Relocator License (SRR): All commercial vehicle safety relocators that conduct damaged or disabled vehicle relocations conducted in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Will and Winnebago counties are required to register with the Illinois Commerce Commission.