What can I do if my car was towed even though I paid for a parking pass?

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What can I do if my car was towed even though I paid for a parking pass?

My car was towed when I parked it in my apartment’s garage. Apparently, my apartment recently changed its parking pass but I never got notified. Even though they said they sent out emails, they never sent it to my email something was wrong with the system. Also, they apparently put in on my door and car but my roommates never gave it to me and I never saw it on my car. I argued with them and they said because they

Asked on April 19, 2018 under Real Estate Law, Arizona

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 5 years ago | Contributor

If they also placed the notice "on [your] door and car but [your] roommates never gave it" to you, then they are not liable. They are responsible for what *they* do, not for what others--your roommates--do. If the landlord placed the notice on your door and vehicle, where you should reasonably have received it, they discharged their responsibility to tell you about the change. They do not become liable because persons not under their control took the notices and failed to give them to you. You may be able to sue your roommates, who caused you this loss, for the cost you had to pay because they took your notices.
The email issue doesn't help because they apparently sent the notice other ways, too; if they had *only* emailed, then if their system failed, they would be liable, but they also delivered the notice to your door and car, meaning, again, that they did their job.


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