My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: California
I was towed this morning after being parked at the home depot from 6:00am till 3:30pm. The paperwork claims that the car was abandoned which is obviously not the case. I spoke with the Home Depot employee who signed the paperwork and he said that he did not call to have it towed and that the company will sometimes come in and tell them that a car is abandoned and ask for a signature to tow it. I was under the impression that tow companies were not allowed to simply drive around private properties looking for cars to tow. The employee gave me a written statement saying he did not call to have them come tow it and that it was not abandoned.
I spoke with the tow company manager and he is trying to push it off on Home Depot as "they signed the paper" I feel like this is at the very least poor business practice as they are preying on the fact that the people at home depot do not keep track of every single car. To top it all off they have never called and actually do not care what so ever if you park there for a day or even 3 weeks. (they have a huge lot). So with that said is there any advice you can give me? I had to pay 225 dollars to get it out but at this point I have missed a full day of work and feel like I was wronged.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

