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  1. #1
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    Default Car Towed from Apartment Parking Lot

    My question involves towing laws for the State of:Arizona



    My girlfriend's vehicle was towed from her parking spot at the apartment complex that she lives in for being out of registration. The car however is registered, and the sticker had either been stolen, or fallen off, and my girlfriend had been out of town for awhile, visting family. I personally verified the registration through the DMV this afternoon.


    My girlfriend and I actually encountered the towing company as they were loading the car up on the truck. I informed that them it was legally registered and that I could go print a substitute registration from my computer in a matter of minutes, they said that I had to talk to management.


    I spoke to the manager about it, he said that the tags were not there at the moment and thus he could do nothing but have the vehicle towed. I offered to pay for whatever the towing services fees were, but he declined, and even after I had informed him that my girlfriend had been out of town and that the car was in fact legally registered. They claimed that they had left a sticker on the car to let her know that it would be towed, but there was nothing of the sort that I saw, as usually those stickers tend to be placed clearly on the back window.


    While I was talking to management, my girlfriend waited with the towing company and she said that they were purposely trying to hurry up before I returned with/without management.

    The next problem I have is that the car was taken FAR outside of our area....close to 25 miles away to an impound lot. I would like more information on what, if any recourse I have in this situation.

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    Default Re: Car Towed from Apartment Parking Lot(Arizona

    I found this in Arizona State Law......is this true?



    Vehicle Relocation Procedures and Prohibitions

    § A vehicle relocator is prohibited from:

    1. Removing vehicles from private property without first obtaining written authorization from the property owner.

    2. Charging or otherwise collecting from the property owner any fees that is contrary to the terms of the contract between the relocator and the property owner.

    3. Removing a vehicle when the vehicle owner is present or if the owner arrives at any time before the vehicle is removed from the property. A fee cannot be assessed to the vehicle owner in this case.





    The owner was present while they were towing the vehicle, does that then make it an illegal tow?????

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    Default Re: Car Towed from Apartment Parking Lot(Arizona

    I see discussion of such language in association with proposed bills, but don't see that it's in a statute. It may nonetheless be in a statute or local ordinance - many states have similar provisions, although they may permit a fee under similar circumstances. Help us out - where did you read that?

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