Can a car be towed if proper notification was not given prior to being towed?
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Can a car be towed if proper notification was not given prior to being towed?
My car was parked at my apartment complex in the very last parking space backed in with the driver’s side window being on the side with nothing beside it but a playground. The car was inoperable due to transmission issues. The car was towed for expired tags. However, the tag that the tow company put on the car was put on the drivers side window (per the tow company), which could not be seen unless I was on the playground. Because the car was in the last spot beside the playground, the tag was not in plain sight of myself. What options do I have, if any?
Asked on October 31, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Georgia
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Law enforcement has the obligation to tow inoperable, abandoned and possible stolen vehicles from the public streets. Your vehicle by your own admission had expired registration tags to allow it to be driven on a public roadway let alone be parked on a public roadway.
Whether or not the towing company properly placed notice about its intent to tow your vehicle parked on the public street is not the issue. The issue is that your vehicle given its expired regitration was not allowed to be parked on the public street and this is why it was towed.
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