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    Default Can a Landlord Charge a Towing Fee After Moving Cars for Parking Lot Maintenance

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Arizona.

    Hello, I live in an apartment complex with my mother. On 02/05/2016 my car was towed a couple yards away to a different section of the apartment parking lot. This was due to the apartment complex repairing a section of the parking lot. Unfortunately I was not home when this happened. However my mom was and she was never notified of the repairs. She contact the landlord when she went outside and noticed our cars where not where we parked them.

    The landlord informed her she had taped a notice to our door a week in advance. We never saw such notice. All the time we get notices about other changes but we didn't got this one. Now she says we owe her 200 for towing my cars literally a couple yards away. She has my phone on file and never she did bother to call me. She said she had to come early in that day to stop the towing company from taking our cars and as well as other tenants. How come she didn't bother to knock our door or call us to notify? She says that's not her responsibility. Question is how can this be lawful? How can delivering a such important notice in such a ineffective manner (like taping a notice to my door where anyone can rip it off) can held me accountable? Why is that they can't deliver this notices to my mailbox (which is faster than going door to door) where is safer for me to get a hold of?

    Also I went to pay the rent a couple days before leaving and how come they didn't mention, "Hey by the way, don't forget to move your cars on February 5, in case you didn't get the notice". I mean they have reminded me on other occasions (when I actually happen to get the notices) of any current changes, like when they where going to paint the buildings or when they where going to fumigate the apartments.

    Real question here is: Is there any law that protects me against this? I already talked to her and all she knows is that she "delivered" that notice and all I know is that I never saw it taped to my door!

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    Default Re: Can a Landlord Charge a Towing Fee After Moving Cars for Parking Lot Maintenance

    When you spoke with other residents, did they say, "Yes, notices were taped to our doors", or were they all similarly surprised and in many cases towed when the maintenance occurred?

    What does the lease say about maintenance and notice?

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    Default Re: Can a Landlord Charge a Towing Fee After Moving Cars for Parking Lot Maintenance

    My mother spoke to another neighbor today and she also never saw the notice taped to her door. However unlike us, her husband was advised about the upcoming repairs on the parking lot when he went to pay the rent. From what the manager said when I spoke to her, "I actually had to come in early that day because I found out a lot of cars where being towed and I didn't want the residents to have to pay for expenses so I can in early, to stop the towing company from taking the cars. Also some maintenance workers knocked on doors to find out who car belong to, so they could move them, it was not their responsibility to do so." But they did not bother to put a sign in advance informing people about the repairs.

    Regarding the lease, it states:

    RULES AND REGULATIONS: Resident, resident's guest, and occupants shall comply with all written rules and regulations, which shall be considered part of this lease. Owner may make reasonable rule changes if in writing and distributed to all residents...Owner may regulate the manner, time, and place of all parking.

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