My vehicle was towed this mornining from in front of my home in my assigned parking space. I live in a community that has an ASSociation and appearantly if your vehicle has expired tags, they tow it. My tags were not expired, I just forgot to put the little renewal sticker on it. There was no warning notice or anything left previously. The car was obviously towed by these vultures that drive around through communities at 2 - 3 A.M. with their lights off just looking to tow cars. There are signs posted in my community that say unauthorized vehicles will be towed, however my vehicle is authorized to be there and has been there for months. Do I have any recourse and / or how can I find out what the laws and regulations are regarding the towing of vehicles from private property. Thank you in advance for any insight.
2007-07-17 08:50:20 · 5 answers · asked by star searcher 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I just thought to add that I live in South Florida if that makes any difference.
2007-07-17 09:20:02 · update #1
by not putting the new parking sticker on your vehicle it became an unauthorized vehicle
2007-07-17 08:57:42 · answer #1 · answered by plhudson01 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's a curve on the problem. Federal courts have consistently ruled that malls are deemed quasi public locations - anyone can go in, drive around, there are Stop signs, mail boxes and thousands spent on advertising to attract persons. As such it can not expect the same rights of privacy as individual property owners The significance is picketing is legal in quasi public locations. Today I was in community which is primarily commercial. I got into a very heated with a chiropractor - the escalated from threatening my car to threatening because I parked in a space directly in front of his store where he had posted a sign Reserved for his patients it was not a marked parking location. I claimed that sign has no legal bearing. He is a tenant - not the owner/managing agent of this location. It was his personal sign and not one erected by the owner. The police do not enter private property to issue parking summonses on non-official posted signs. I do not think a tow truck has the right to remove a vehicle without documentation from the OWNER. This was not a medical area - there were about a dozen shops that included restaurants, thrift,hair salons. I told the doctor if he had a legitimate need for Disabled Parking he would be able to get them. The fact that there none corroborates those signs are merely and advertisement. I am 72 have 2 metal knees weigh 250 lbs. It was 85 degrees with 89 humidity - I am the one who had a legitimate right to use that spotrather than being threatened by a doctor to break my arms if I parked there again. Any feedback???
2016-05-20 15:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing to stop you from suing them. Winning is a different issue, but in this case you may be able to win without going to court. Send them a certified letter explaining the situation and request re-reimbursement for all your expenses and if they refuse threaten to sue. You take them to small claims which in your case will probably only require a small filing fee and some time. Depending on the statutes in your state they may be forced to seek legal representation. If that is the case then they would probably settle.
2007-07-17 09:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by stepmiller2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to look in the agreement with teh association to see what requirements they have as far as providing notice. If there are not any, you need to look at the tow company's contract with the association to see what they are required to do before towing a car.
2007-07-17 08:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Michael C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about towing from a private yard
2015-07-19 01:56:44 · answer #5 · answered by hotrod3211 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋