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Question

My dad took my moms car and crashed it. He didnt have a license. The car is on my moms name. Th e towing company towed it when my mom could have just came and picked it up. Now they're taking us to court for us to pay $2000 after they sold it. They want the money because of storage fees. Can they do that?? Who would win this case?

Answer 1

Yes they can and they will win unless you can show that they violated the law. Nothing in your question indicates that they did. Why did she wait so long to get her car back?

Answer 2

Yes. The tow company is entitled to be paid for storage fees.

As the owner of the car -your mom is responsible for the tow/storage fees.

If the bill is that high, I take y'all ignored the tow companies prior attempts to contact you. Storage fees are incurred on a per day basis. That means - the more you ignored them....the longer the car sat and the more the storage fees went up. In my area, tow yards charge 20-25 per day.

What you should have done.....if you did not have full coverage on the car ....is contact the tow company - let them know that you do not have full coverage and can not pay the storage fees but you would be willing to sign the title over to them so they can sell the salvage to re-coup some of their fees. Tow yards would rather work with you in the beginning and probably would have done that.

Now it's too late. They have been ignored and have incurred legal expenses. They are not going to be very receptive to working with you. The only real chance that I see....is the tow yard would rather have cash in hand than a judgment they can not collect on. You may be able to contact them.. tell them you do not have 2000. However, you can bring them certified funds for 1500 with in 5 days. Would they be willing to consider that as payment in full and drop their law suit? If they agree to it - you better get over there with in 5 days with certified funds. They may not go for it but you can try.

You have learned a very expensive lesson - do not ignore tow companies.

Answer 3

WTH?
It's time you contact a good lawyer. In fact look up a number for some Pro-Bono (free Legal help) work and see if they can help you out a lil with this one. If you can afford one, get a good attorney! These guys are ruthless!

But that does NOT seem right. They sold it, got some money, now they're suing you for storage reasons. NO WAY IN HELL! Don't stand for that! Get a lawyer, and get this settled as soon as possible, in the best way possible for you. If you're lucky, the lawyer may be able to stop this before it starts. But seriously, I think NO they can't do this. But its a good possibibility that they can. On what grouds do they have the right to do that? I'm not sure about this case, add a little more detail to this. It's just a rich person screwing with the poor again, wanting more and more money. God bless, hope things turn up in your favor.

Answer 4

If they already sold it for $2000 that's the towing and storage fee. You don't owe them anything. Let them take you to court, it will be thrown out. They took possession because of the unpaid fee's, they probably had to file papers with the court to take adverse possession.

Answer 5

Well... even in the worst case scenario, (they sue, you lose) it's still up to them to get the money out of you.

Unless your mother has good assets I doubt they;ll pursue you. They're smart enough to know you can't get blood from a turnip.

Warm regards,
Douglas

Answer 6

Unless they broke the law doing any of this, yes they can do this, and they probably will win.

I'm so sorry.

Answer 7

yes they can but they may win