What is the name of your state? California
Image of parking sign
"Park Villa Apartments
Guest Parking
Office hours
8am - 6pm"
I visited a friend at an apartment complex, and parked in this parking spot outside of the gated apartment complex with this sign in front of it. There were no other signs posted. (I searched around to be safe). So I parked there at 10:30 am but within 2 hours, my car was towed (at 11:50am). I didn't find out until after it had been towed - I thought my car had been stolen. I called the PD who then informed me it was at xxx Towing Company.
The reason given when I arrived at the tow company office was that I had illegally parked in an office-only parking spot. I paid the ticket but I feel like this was all wrong somehow. Isn't there supposed to be a sign put up with some kind of penal code informing you you'll be towed? Or even, shouldn't it even say "Office parking only" with the words in that order somewhere on the sign in order for it to be legal to tow?
My 3-hour-long trial and hassle with the tow company is another story... in which I drove to the next city to pay for my car, then they required me to sign a release of responsibility document saying I'd take the car in its current condition, although I hadn't even been able to see my car, before telling me that my car was not at the location I was at, and that I'd have to go somewhere else to pick it up... ended up I drove to that place I was directed and found out that my car was not there, ended up having to drive to another location in another city to find the building locked and deserted... had to call up the office and request a driver to come over to get me my car... waited for him to arrive, then when he arrived to process my already-paid fee and papers, only to hear that I'd been overcharged by the office by $20 or something... before I got my car back.
Image of parking sign
"Park Villa Apartments
Guest Parking
Office hours
8am - 6pm"
I visited a friend at an apartment complex, and parked in this parking spot outside of the gated apartment complex with this sign in front of it. There were no other signs posted. (I searched around to be safe). So I parked there at 10:30 am but within 2 hours, my car was towed (at 11:50am). I didn't find out until after it had been towed - I thought my car had been stolen. I called the PD who then informed me it was at xxx Towing Company.
The reason given when I arrived at the tow company office was that I had illegally parked in an office-only parking spot. I paid the ticket but I feel like this was all wrong somehow. Isn't there supposed to be a sign put up with some kind of penal code informing you you'll be towed? Or even, shouldn't it even say "Office parking only" with the words in that order somewhere on the sign in order for it to be legal to tow?
My 3-hour-long trial and hassle with the tow company is another story... in which I drove to the next city to pay for my car, then they required me to sign a release of responsibility document saying I'd take the car in its current condition, although I hadn't even been able to see my car, before telling me that my car was not at the location I was at, and that I'd have to go somewhere else to pick it up... ended up I drove to that place I was directed and found out that my car was not there, ended up having to drive to another location in another city to find the building locked and deserted... had to call up the office and request a driver to come over to get me my car... waited for him to arrive, then when he arrived to process my already-paid fee and papers, only to hear that I'd been overcharged by the office by $20 or something... before I got my car back.
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