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{{Disambiglink|For the business in GTA V, see [[LSPD Auto Impound]].}}
'''The Impound Garage '''(also known as the '''Impound Lot''') is an underground parking garage near police stations in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] that stash cars that have been towed (creating an excuse for the disappearing vehicle glitch). Entering the impound without a law enforcement vehicle will result in police officers pointing pistols at the player and if the player doesn't kill him, he always calls for backup and they will get a three-star [[Wanted Level|wanted level]], no matter whether the player leaves the area or not.
 
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'''Impound Garages '''(also known as '''Vehicle Impounds''' or '''Impound Lots''') are underground parking garages located near police stations in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'', and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]'' which store vehicles seized by the police.
==Purpose==
 
The Impound Garage lets the player get back his vehicle if he lost it during a cutscene before a mission. Impound Garages are underground parking garages. The first few floors of the garages have Police cars that spawn in the parking spaces; The very bottom floor or the very back of the Impound Garage stashes cars that have been lost by the player. The impound garage is like a save garage. However, the mechanics behind the Impound Garage are rather random, and usually aren't very predictable.
 
   
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==Description==
Some missions have "Clear Area" commands, which remove any parked vehicle within a certain radius from the mission's marker. These vehicles are then placed inside an impound garage, and the player can then enter one of these garages and recover his lost vehicle.
 
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In ''GTA San Andreas'', there are three impound garages, one for each city, located next to or within a police station area. In the impound area, that includes external parking lot and an underground garage, there are police officers with assigned posts (guarding the entrance or garage gate, entering a police car and driving away, repairing a police car, beating up a civilian etc.), who don't carry nightsticks and are not counted as normal police officers for purposes of counting wanted level (the player may only attain/raise wanted level by one star if they shoot one or beat up/stealth kill several of them in quick succession). There are also a couple police cars, out of which some are locked, one usually has a raised hood and an officer crawling into the engine. In the very back end of the garage there is a place for impounded vehicles. Each garage has a scenario of police cars placement and the officers' assigned mission, that starts once the player enters the underground garage. However, entering the area may result in the player gaining an instant three-star [[Wanted Level in 3D Universe|wanted level]] (for details, see below).
   
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Impound Garages return in ''GTA V'', functioning similarly to those in ''GTA San Andreas''. Players can now recover abandoned vehicles from the garage. The garage has room for two vehicles, and if the player abandons another vehicle, the oldest vehicle in the garage will be replaced by the most recent vehicle the player abandoned. Impounded vehicles with low suspension will automatically receive scratch damage to the bottom upon exiting the garage due to the steep and sharp angled nature of the incline.
However, random vehicles that the player never drove or even abandoned may still spawn in the garage. Also, due to a glitch, vehicles may sometimes spawn stuck inside of each other, or they may spawn stuck halfway inside the ground. Also, strange occurences may happen in impound garages if the player is playing certain side missions like Vigilante or Export missions; Vehicles will spawn stacked on top of each other or laying on their sides. Aircraft, like [[Dodo]]s or even [[Hydra]]s may spawn unlocked. Impound Garages exhibit strange behaviors like these very commonly.
 
   
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===''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''===
Since the Impound Garage is never mentioned in any instructional guides for the game (not even in the booklet that comes with the game), it can be assumed that this game feature could have been a work in progress during development, but was never perfected or implemented properly.
 
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In ''GTA San Andreas'', the Impound Garage allows the player to retrieve a vehicle which was lost during a mission or cutscene. Impound Garages are underground parking garages located at the bottom floors of police stations. The first few floors of the garages contain police cars which spawn in the parking spaces. Vehicles which the player abandoned are stored at the rear of the ground floor of the garage. However, not every abandoned vehicle will be stored here, and on occasion, the vehicle which appears will be a random vehicle which the player never drove.
   
 
Some missions have "Clear Area" commands, which remove any parked vehicle within a certain radius from the mission's marker. These vehicles are then placed inside an impound garage, and the player can then enter one of these garages to retrieve their vehicle.
When [[Carl Johnson|player]] visits the [[Los Santos Police Headquarters|Los Santos police garage]] and [[San Fierro Police Headquarters|San Fierro police garage]] two police officers will leave the [[Police Car]] and player will also see another two police officers beating a random citizen, if player goes deeper, another two officers can be seen, one is working to the police car (with open hood) and another one at the entrance of police department.
 
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Entering an Impound Garage without a law enforcement vehicle will result in officers guarding the area pointing a pistol at the player. After a couple seconds, the officer will call for backup and the player will receive a three-star [[Wanted Level in 3D Universe|wanted level]], regardless of whether the player kills the officer or leaves the garage after the call has started. However, the player can use stealth or drive a law enforcement vehicle (except the [[HPV-1000]]) to avoid drawing attention of the officers while invading the impound garage.
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Due to a glitch, vehicles may sometimes spawn stuck inside each other, or they may spawn stuck halfway inside the ground. Also, strange occurrences may happen in Impound Garages if the player is playing certain side missions like Vigilante or Export missions; Vehicles will spawn stacked on top of each other or laying on their sides. Aircraft, like [[Dodo]]s or even [[Hydra]]s, may spawn unlocked (Though aircrafts are barely found in the impound lot in the PC and mobile versions). Impound Garages exhibit strange behaviors like these very commonly. These glitches hint that the Impound Garage was simply a game mechanic that was never perfected or implemented correctly in the game.
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Since the Impound Garage is never mentioned in any instructional guides for the game, it is possible that impound garages were going to be fully functional but were not completed during the game's development. Impound garages were supposed to be introduced to the player in a [[Beta Releases in GTA San Andreas#Missions|cut]] [[Impounded|mission]], but it was dropped during development.
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===''Grand Theft Auto V'' and ''Grand Theft Auto Online''===
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Impound Garages return in ''GTA V'' and ''GTA Online''. In ''GTA V'', If the player abandons (but doesn't destroy) a vehicle that they have modified at [[Los Santos Customs]] or ordered online, they will be able to retrieve the vehicle from the Impound Lot for a fee of $250. Reasons for losing a vehicle in ''GTA V'' might include triggering a mission that requires the use of another vehicle, the vehicle being commandeered by police (which can happen if it's parked outside a police station), wandering too far away from a vehicle and causing it to despawn, or loading an autosave that places the character back at a safehouse instead of in the vehicle. Parking a vehicle in a marked no-parking zone or in a location such as the middle of an intersection may also result in a vehicle being impounded, though this does not always occur. If the player abandons a personal vehicle belonging to a ''GTA V'' protagonist, the vehicle will not be impounded and will respawn at the protagonist's house.
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In ''GTA Online'', vehicles may only be impounded when the player is killed by the police while close to their personal vehicle. The vehicle will be impounded at the [[LSPD Auto Impound]]. The player can retrieve their vehicle for a fee of $250, or steal it by force, though stealing a vehicle will result in the player gaining a [[Wanted Level in GTA V|two-star]] wanted level. If the player is registered as a [[Organizations|CEO]], they may call their [[assistant]] instead to retrieve the vehicle for a fee of $1000, which will deliver the vehicle back to the player anywhere on the map, similar to retrieving a vehicle from a garage.
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As with the ''GTA San Andreas'' version, the Impound Garage is not mentioned in the game's instruction manual (though an on-screen message will appear if a player abandons a vehicle).
   
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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===''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''===
*[[Commerce]], [[Los Santos]] - Just north of [[Pershing Square]] and west the [[Los Santos Police Headquarters]].
 
*[[Downtown]], [[San Fierro]] - At the back of the [[San Fierro Police Headquarters]].
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*[[Commerce]], [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]] - Just north of [[Pershing Square]] and west the [[Los Santos Police Headquarters]].
*[[Roca Escalante]], [[Las Venturas]] - Around back of the [[Las Venturas Police Headquarters]].
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*[[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]], [[San Fierro (3D Universe)|San Fierro]] - At the rear of the [[San Fierro Police Headquarters]].
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*[[Roca Escalante]], [[Las Venturas (3D Universe)|Las Venturas]] - At the rear of the [[Las Venturas Police Headquarters]].
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<gallery position="center" spacing="small" widths="270px">
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LosSantosPoliceStation-GTASA-ParkingEntrance.jpg|Entrance to the impound lot, [[Pershing Square]], [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]].
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SanFierroPoliceStation-GTASA-ExteriorParkingEntrance.jpg|Eastern entrance to the impound lot, [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]], [[San Fierro (3D Universe)|San Fierro]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]].
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SanFierroPoliceStation-GTASA-HelipadAccess.jpg|Western entrance to the impound lot, [[Downtown San Fierro|Downtown]], [[San Fierro (3D Universe)|San Fierro]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]].
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LasVenturasPoliceStation-GTASA-ParkingEntrance.jpg|Entrance to the impound lot, [[Roca Escalante]], [[Las Venturas (3D Universe)|Las Venturas]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]].
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</gallery>
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===''Grand Theft Auto V''===
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*[[Mission Row]], [[Los Santos (HD Universe)|Los Santos]] - At the [[Mission Row Police Station]], on the corner of [[Vespucci Boulevard]] and [[Sinner Street]].
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MissionRowStationLSPD-Impound-GTAV.png|Impound garages, [[Mission Row]], [[Los Santos (HD Universe)|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas (HD Universe)|San Andreas]].
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</gallery>
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===''Grand Theft Auto Online''===
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*[[LSPD Auto Impound]] - On the corner of [[Innocence Boulevard]] and [[Roy Lowenstein Boulevard]], next to the [[Davis Sheriff's Station|Davis Police Station]].
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LSPDAutoImpound-GTAV.png|Impound lot, [[Davis]], [[Los Santos (HD Universe)|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas (HD Universe)|San Andreas]].
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</gallery>
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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===Grand Theft Auto San Andreas===
*The front gate and garage door of the impound garage will open up for the player if he is in a police vehicle, and the player may enter the garage this way without having any police point their pistols at him. However, the police will start shooting at CJ if he exits the police vehicle, or if at least 5 minutes have passed.
 
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*The player cannot enter any of the impound lots without alerting the police officers there while riding an [[HPV-1000]].
*In the beta version, there is a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2t4GoD_sWw&feature=g-user-u mission] which was supposed to introduce impound garages to the player, however, it was cut, suggesting that Rockstar just left the impound garage feature for the player to find.
 
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*In the Impound Lot of the [[Los Santos Police Headquarters|Los Santos Police Station]], there appears to be a pedestrian getting physically attacked by a police officer. A second police officer can be seen nearby holding a pistol. This may be an Easter egg, left in the game by Rockstar to reference the large amounts of police brutality and corruption in Los Angeles in 1992.
*In an interview with Rockstar North it is said that in [[Grand theft auto 5|Grand Theft Auto V]] if the player customizes a car at [[Los Santos Customs|LS Customs]] and then abandons it the car will spawn at an impound, the player can then retrieve it for a fee.
 
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[[Category:Police]]
 
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===Grand Theft Auto Online===
[[Category:Police Stations]]
 
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*In ''GTA Online'', if the player gets killed by police while having a [[TM-02 Khanjali]], [[RCV]], [[Chernobog]], or [[Thruster]] out, the vehicles will not be impounded or returned. However, the vehicle will be destroyed automatically requiring the player to pay for their vehicle.
[[Category:Police Stations in GTA San Andreas]]
 
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[[Category:Restricted Areas]]
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[[Category:Buildings in GTA San Andreas in Los Santos]]
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[[Category:Buildings in GTA San Andreas in San Fierro]]
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[[Category:Buildings in GTA San Andreas in Las Venturas]]
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[[Category:Buildings in GTA V in Los Santos]]
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[[Category:Buildings in GTA Online in Los Santos]]
 
[[Category:Police stations]]
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[[Category:Features]]
 
[[Category:Features in GTA San Andreas]]
 
[[Category:Features in GTA V]]
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[[Category:Features in GTA Online]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 11 March 2024

For the business in GTA V, see LSPD Auto Impound.

Impound Garages (also known as Vehicle Impounds or Impound Lots) are underground parking garages located near police stations in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto V, and Grand Theft Auto Online which store vehicles seized by the police.

Description

In GTA San Andreas, there are three impound garages, one for each city, located next to or within a police station area. In the impound area, that includes external parking lot and an underground garage, there are police officers with assigned posts (guarding the entrance or garage gate, entering a police car and driving away, repairing a police car, beating up a civilian etc.), who don't carry nightsticks and are not counted as normal police officers for purposes of counting wanted level (the player may only attain/raise wanted level by one star if they shoot one or beat up/stealth kill several of them in quick succession). There are also a couple police cars, out of which some are locked, one usually has a raised hood and an officer crawling into the engine. In the very back end of the garage there is a place for impounded vehicles. Each garage has a scenario of police cars placement and the officers' assigned mission, that starts once the player enters the underground garage. However, entering the area may result in the player gaining an instant three-star wanted level (for details, see below).

Impound Garages return in GTA V, functioning similarly to those in GTA San Andreas. Players can now recover abandoned vehicles from the garage. The garage has room for two vehicles, and if the player abandons another vehicle, the oldest vehicle in the garage will be replaced by the most recent vehicle the player abandoned. Impounded vehicles with low suspension will automatically receive scratch damage to the bottom upon exiting the garage due to the steep and sharp angled nature of the incline.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In GTA San Andreas, the Impound Garage allows the player to retrieve a vehicle which was lost during a mission or cutscene. Impound Garages are underground parking garages located at the bottom floors of police stations. The first few floors of the garages contain police cars which spawn in the parking spaces. Vehicles which the player abandoned are stored at the rear of the ground floor of the garage. However, not every abandoned vehicle will be stored here, and on occasion, the vehicle which appears will be a random vehicle which the player never drove.

Some missions have "Clear Area" commands, which remove any parked vehicle within a certain radius from the mission's marker. These vehicles are then placed inside an impound garage, and the player can then enter one of these garages to retrieve their vehicle.

Entering an Impound Garage without a law enforcement vehicle will result in officers guarding the area pointing a pistol at the player. After a couple seconds, the officer will call for backup and the player will receive a three-star wanted level, regardless of whether the player kills the officer or leaves the garage after the call has started. However, the player can use stealth or drive a law enforcement vehicle (except the HPV-1000) to avoid drawing attention of the officers while invading the impound garage.

Due to a glitch, vehicles may sometimes spawn stuck inside each other, or they may spawn stuck halfway inside the ground. Also, strange occurrences may happen in Impound Garages if the player is playing certain side missions like Vigilante or Export missions; Vehicles will spawn stacked on top of each other or laying on their sides. Aircraft, like Dodos or even Hydras, may spawn unlocked (Though aircrafts are barely found in the impound lot in the PC and mobile versions). Impound Garages exhibit strange behaviors like these very commonly. These glitches hint that the Impound Garage was simply a game mechanic that was never perfected or implemented correctly in the game.

Since the Impound Garage is never mentioned in any instructional guides for the game, it is possible that impound garages were going to be fully functional but were not completed during the game's development. Impound garages were supposed to be introduced to the player in a cut mission, but it was dropped during development.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online

Impound Garages return in GTA V and GTA Online. In GTA V, If the player abandons (but doesn't destroy) a vehicle that they have modified at Los Santos Customs or ordered online, they will be able to retrieve the vehicle from the Impound Lot for a fee of $250. Reasons for losing a vehicle in GTA V might include triggering a mission that requires the use of another vehicle, the vehicle being commandeered by police (which can happen if it's parked outside a police station), wandering too far away from a vehicle and causing it to despawn, or loading an autosave that places the character back at a safehouse instead of in the vehicle. Parking a vehicle in a marked no-parking zone or in a location such as the middle of an intersection may also result in a vehicle being impounded, though this does not always occur. If the player abandons a personal vehicle belonging to a GTA V protagonist, the vehicle will not be impounded and will respawn at the protagonist's house.

In GTA Online, vehicles may only be impounded when the player is killed by the police while close to their personal vehicle. The vehicle will be impounded at the LSPD Auto Impound. The player can retrieve their vehicle for a fee of $250, or steal it by force, though stealing a vehicle will result in the player gaining a two-star wanted level. If the player is registered as a CEO, they may call their assistant instead to retrieve the vehicle for a fee of $1000, which will deliver the vehicle back to the player anywhere on the map, similar to retrieving a vehicle from a garage.

As with the GTA San Andreas version, the Impound Garage is not mentioned in the game's instruction manual (though an on-screen message will appear if a player abandons a vehicle).

Locations

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto Online

Trivia

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

  • The player cannot enter any of the impound lots without alerting the police officers there while riding an HPV-1000.
  • In the Impound Lot of the Los Santos Police Station, there appears to be a pedestrian getting physically attacked by a police officer. A second police officer can be seen nearby holding a pistol. This may be an Easter egg, left in the game by Rockstar to reference the large amounts of police brutality and corruption in Los Angeles in 1992.

Grand Theft Auto Online

  • In GTA Online, if the player gets killed by police while having a TM-02 Khanjali, RCV, Chernobog, or Thruster out, the vehicles will not be impounded or returned. However, the vehicle will be destroyed automatically requiring the player to pay for their vehicle.