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There must be some law specific to towing companies that allows them to take and impound vehicles from private property at the request of a non-governmental pro
by ShabbyDoo 16y ago
There must be some law specific to towing companies that allows them to take and impound vehicles from private property at the request of a non-governmental property owner. How else could it be legal to take another's property and hold it for ransom? If I open up a coffee shop and place a sign on the door stating that no laptop may be placed on a table for more than 15 minutes, I can't legally seize the laptop and demand a fee, can I?
- electromagnetic 16y agoIf a person fails to pay for a long enough period and doesn't own over a certain percentage of the vehicle (say doesn't default on a last payment or something; depending on where you live, in ontario I believe it's under 3/4) the object legally becomes property of the person it's defaulted to and is considered temporary property of the towing/repo company. Repo companies have legal access to your property to remove it so long as they don't violate any law during the process. Trespassing doesn't count, because a gas man coming to check your meter isn't trespassing, if he breaks down your door then he's breaking and entering. Similarly a tow company only violates the law if they cut a lock or something illegal.
- xsmasher 16y agoPossession is nine points of the law, as they say. The property owner has every right to say who can and can not park there -- wouldn't you want that right as a property owner? Most municipalities have laws in place that regulate towing; an area must be posted, etc. etc. Those laws are more like restrictions on towing, not a grant of some special right. The right is already there.