car towing

[dheard]

I have been owner of a condo in Atlanta for 3 years. A weeks ago, a tow company tried to tow my car out of my condo lot space due a expired tag, but i was able to stop. However, my tag was not expired, my decal was stolen from my tag,and I am get a new decal through the mail. This morning, i found a tow sticker on my car threating to to tow my car again for an expire tag.
I spoke to the members of the hoa, and they said that never issued for a tow company.

Is there any thing i can do stop them or sue them if they tow my car?

 

[Zigner]

Sure, put an unexpired tag on your car (legally)

 

[Dave1952]

Is there a management company doing code enforcement and building maintenance? It certainly sounds as if somebody has authorized the towing company to come onto private property and tow. Does your notice give you a company name or a phone number? Do you remember the tow truck company's name? Call them and find out who hired them.

Good luck

 

[Dillon]

Sure, put an unexpired tag on your car (legally)

tags are only required to operate on the roads of the STATE.

the op is (legally) without the STATE.

 

[aldaron]

YO dillon! This is an HOA issue not a government issue.

 

[Zigner]

tags are only required to operate on the roads of the STATE.

the op is (legally) without the STATE.

Yes, and the state's not doing to towing...

Try to keep up here

 

[Dillon]

Yes, and the state's not doing to towing...

Try to keep up here

Sure, the op could put an unexpired STATE tag on his car, which is (legally) not necessary on private property.

not necessary means unreasonable

or

i would notice the towing company that the car is not abandoned propery and i am not a individual juristic person under and perfect and absolute obligation to even have a tag on my property, unless they can prove under oath otherwise. it my understanding if they cant prove that issue they agree to leave my property alone.

 

[Some Random Guy]

...i am not a individual juristic person under and perfect and absolute obligation to even have a tag on my property, unless they can prove under oath otherwise.

C'mon Dillon, stop with this BS. Its a private towing company trying to perform an unauthorized tow. Keep your freeman/sovereign citizen drivel out of it. Its not helping.

Poster: As others have mentioned, you should contact the towing company and tell them that they are not authorized to tow your vehicle and will be sued and/or reported to the Georgia Public Service Commission for doing so.

see georgia.gov - OCP- Home
search for towing within the site, then look at the first result. In that lenghty and informative piece it says:

NON-CONSENSUAL TOWING FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) enforces O.C.G.A. Section 44-1-13, which regulates non-consensual towing from private property. If the towing company tows from private property, it must have an agreement with the owner of the property as well as filing with the PSC. Please note that this Georgia law does not cover booting, non-consensual immobilization of an automobile, or consensual towing; nor does it cover towing from government property or towing within a municipality.

 

[Dillon]

the op may have given the tow company authorization w/o knowing it.

 

[Zigner]

the op may have given the tow company authorization w/o knowing it.

Dillon - just stop

 

[MNguyCG]

C'mon Dillon, stop with this BS. Its a private towing company trying to perform an unauthorized tow. Keep your freeman/sovereign citizen drivel out of it. Its not helping.

If he's storing a vehicle for a year there's no reason to pay the road taxes for that year. There's reasons not to get tabs.

Junk yards own cars that maybe be street legal and running but there aren't going to keep the tabs up to date.

I wouldn't say it's "sovereign citizen drivel" or "not helping", just makes sense and it's useful to have in his pocket.

 

[Some Random Guy]

If he's storing a vehicle for a year there's no reason to pay the road taxes for that year. There's reasons not to get tabs.

Junk yards own cars that maybe be street legal and running but there aren't going to keep the tabs up to date.

I wouldn't say it's "sovereign citizen drivel" or "not helping", just makes sense and it's useful to have in his pocket.

Read the whole thread. It's a properly registered car that needs its sticker replaced. New sticker is in the mail. The tow company is not authorized to tow from their private property.

claiming that you're "not a individual juristic person under and perfect and absolute obligation" to do something is just silly in this context. It won't stop the tow truck driver from towing the vehicle - at least after he stops rolling on the ground laughing.

Just make sure the towing comany knows that they will get legally spanked in court or by the PSC for an illegal tow is all that needs to be done.

P.S. Dillon is well known on these boards for spouting nonsense that has little to do with reality or how the courts in this country actually work.

 

[colourfastt]

One little detail is getting overlooked in your 'battle royale', this is in a condo complex which means there is a 99% chance the parking space is part of the common elements. Hence, the car would not be towed from "the owner's property" and the HOA board is within its discretion to make the rule that all vehicles on the HOA's common elements must show a valid registration or be towed.

 

[Some Random Guy]

One little detail is getting overlooked in your 'battle royale', this is in a condo complex which means there is a 99% chance the parking space is part of the common elements. Hence, the car would not be towed from "the owner's property" and the HOA board is within its discretion to make the rule that all vehicles on the HOA's common elements must show a valid registration or be towed.

Yes, but if you read the thread, you would know that the vehicle owner is parking in the HOA common elements and the HOA has stated that they did NOT authorize that tow company to tow. That's why O.C.G.A. Section 44-1-13 applies.

 

[Dillon]

Just make sure the towing comany knows that they will get legally spanked in court or by the PSC for an illegal tow is all that needs to be done.

Not everything needs to be solved in court, does it? how about a private property no tresspassing sign posted on the car. Or tow at your own Risk sign.

or Reach an Agreement with your adversary, so going to court will not be necessary in the first place, U think?


P.S. Random Guy is well known on these boards for spouting nonsense that has little to do with reality or how the courts in this country actually work.