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    Unhappy Car Was Towed from Apartment Parking Lot

    My question involves towing laws for the State of: Florida

    I was staying over at my girlfriend's house one night. She was having car trouble, so we left her car at work. She lives in an apartment complex with assigned parking. I parked in her space, since her car was at work, and because the few "guest" spots they have were filled with resident's second cars/scooters. My car was gone in the morning, called the police thinking it was stolen (brand new truck, 1 month old), they said it was towed. Called the towing company, they said they now "patrol" the lots looking for cars that aren't the make/model of the registered car. $220 later, I got my car, had to be cash, had to go to an atm. They failed to mention that on the phone. My girlfriend went to the management office this morning since they were closed on weekends, and they said we would have had to call the towing company stating that a different car will be in her spot. Which makes no sense because anyone could call and say they live there and a new car is in their spot. She does have a sticker saying she lives there, but there is nothing in her lease about moving the sticker from car to car, or calling the tow company.

    Do I have a case in small claims court? If so - she sublets, do I sue the apartment complex or the owner of her unit?

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    Default Re: Car Was Towed - Any Advice

    What do the signs posted around the complex say about parking, and when vehicles may be towed?

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    Default Re: Car Was Towed - Any Advice

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    What do the signs posted around the complex say about parking, and when vehicles may be towed?
    I just had my girlfriend check - it says "24 hour tow away zone. Unauthorized vehicles towed away at owners expense." Then the towing company name and number.

    Didn't my girlfriend "authorize" me to park there? There was nothing on the sign stating that I needed a sticker

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    Default Re: Car Was Towed from Apartment Parking Lot

    Your girlfriend needs to have a look at her lease and her complex's towing policies.

    It's not at all unusual for residents to need to display stickers and direct visitors to designated spots where they can park.

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    Your girlfriend needs to have a look at her lease and her complex's towing policies.

    It's not at all unusual for residents to need to display stickers and direct visitors to designated spots where they can park.

    I just looked at her lease. There is NOTHING about parking anywhere in her lease (she sublets). I used to live there (that's how we met), and I looked at my old lease, directly from the apartment complex, which was only signed a year and a half ago. My old lease (which I know is now over and void because I moved out) said that parking is on a first come first serve basis. There was nothing in there about assigned parking. But there was nothing in hers about parking. Would our argument now be with her landlord?

    Don't aparments have to notify residents of new procedures and have them sign off on them?

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