What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
So I was out of the state for a couple weeks and left my car legally parked on the street in my neighborhood. About two days before I was due to get back (late night on friday), my housemate got a letter from the tow company/impound lot saying they were going auction off my car if I didn't pay their fees and recover my car. So it has been sitting in an impound lot for a week now, and I won't be able to get it registered until Monday. At this point I think I will probably owe an excess of $1k between police, dmv, and impound/towing fines. The car itself is probably only worth about 1.5k
Am I totally screwed here? Was this a legal tow, since I wasn't actually operating the car? Can I get leniency on any of the fines, since I didn't get notification about the tow/ticketing until almost a week after it happened?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
So I was out of the state for a couple weeks and left my car legally parked on the street in my neighborhood. About two days before I was due to get back (late night on friday), my housemate got a letter from the tow company/impound lot saying they were going auction off my car if I didn't pay their fees and recover my car. So it has been sitting in an impound lot for a week now, and I won't be able to get it registered until Monday. At this point I think I will probably owe an excess of $1k between police, dmv, and impound/towing fines. The car itself is probably only worth about 1.5k
Am I totally screwed here? Was this a legal tow, since I wasn't actually operating the car? Can I get leniency on any of the fines, since I didn't get notification about the tow/ticketing until almost a week after it happened?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.