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  • 06-24-2011, 02:40 PM
    tmiddle23
    Apartment Towing with No Notification or Posted Signage
    My question involves towing laws for the State of: Florida
    I live in an apartment complex that recently (this past week) employed a lot monitor compnay to come through and tow any car that had been "abandoned" or had an expired license/registration tag. Upon my return to my apratment the car that I own that has out of state tags and regsitration was towed and I was told it was because the registration tag was expired. The car was NOT being driven at the time and was being prepared to be shipped back to the state of origin. At the time I could not confirm to the lot company owner if the registration tag was definitely expired or not but the vehicle was registered with the apartment complex (at their request) as being my vehicle. This is a very large complex with at least 250 units and there are no signs in my area (4 resident buildings and 4 garage units) in the back of the complex or surrounding areas. Lastly, we received no notification from the leasing office and there is no verbiage in my lease regarding towing. What does florida law specify around registration tags, notification from apartment management, and towing from apartment properties.
  • 06-26-2011, 10:04 AM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Apartment Towing with No Notification or Posted Signage
    You were towed by a private towing company or by a police agency?

    The statute most likely to be relevant is Florida Statutes, Sec. 715.07.
  • 06-27-2011, 12:05 AM
    tmiddle23
    Re: Apartment Towing with No Notification or Posted Signage
    It was a private towing company. Police confirmed they were not involved. Apparently this past week of June 20, the apartment complex i live in decided to employ a lot monitoring company that in tern brought in a private towing compnay to tow my vehicle, which was not being driven, nor has it been driven in the past few weeks/ month since I purchased a new car in April. The registration experied at the end of May and they calim the law states I cannot have the vehicle "on the road" with an experied tag. I explained that the vehicle was not being driven but was in preperation to be shipped back to the state of origin. Apartment complex manager admitted to not notifying tenants of this new "service" therefore I had not notified the leasing office what was going on with my vehicle that they have on file. Manager tried to get the vehicle returned but tow company refused. I want to go after the apartment complex for towing costs and storage...do I have legal recousre since tenants were NOT notified via letter/flyer on door nor is there verbiage that speaks to towing of any kind in my lease.
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