Need my car back

[Pennie]

MN
My nephew took my vehicle without my knowledge and was caught committing a burglary. My car has been impounded for over a week and they still have a hold on it. If I had the money & inclination to do so, he could be bailed out yet my vehicle is still being held and racking up storage fees. Why don't they release it?

 

[Isis1]

have you reported your car stolen yet?


ETA:

oh dear god, i just reread that.

don't bail that brat out. report your car stolen. he needs to get charged with that as well. and leave him in there. you aren't doing him any favors by bailing him out. and make sure you ask the DA to request the towing and admin fees to releasing your car tacked onto his sentence for restitution.

 

[CdwJava]

Apparently the vehicle is still evidence. I suspect that any storage fees should be incurred by the impounding agency, not you ... provided it has been stored as an evidence impound. If you are not the registered owner, or if they are holding it for some other reason, then maybe you are going to be holding the bag.

 

[Zigner]

MN
My nephew took my vehicle without my knowledge and was caught committing a burglary. My car has been impounded for over a week and they still have a hold on it. If I had the money & inclination to do so, he could be bailed out yet my vehicle is still being held and racking up storage fees. Why don't they release it?

Because it was used in the commission of a crime. Have you filed a stolen vehicle report?

 

[Pennie]

Thanks for the responses. No, I have not reported the car stolen, maybe I should have. I spoke to an officer the day it was impounded and went in to be interviewed the following day. I believe she does not believe that I was unaware he had taken the vehicle. At any rate, they have had the car on hold for 11 days now and accumulating. I have called and left messages with the officer - no response.

I spoke to a lawyer friend of a friend who informed me that even in a homicide, you get it back (if you want it, that is) within 14 days but the storage fees are quickly exceeding the cars worth at this point. He's going to call on my behalf tomorrow....

 

[Pennie]

have you reported your car stolen yet?


ETA:

oh dear god, i just reread that.

don't bail that brat out. report your car stolen. he needs to get charged with that as well. and leave him in there. you aren't doing him any favors by bailing him out. and make sure you ask the DA to request the towing and admin fees to releasing your car tacked onto his sentence for restitution.

No not bailing him out, just wondering why the perp can go if the price is right, but the vehicle, not used in the commission per se, but a mode of transport - stays

 

[CdwJava]

Thanks for the responses. No, I have not reported the car stolen, maybe I should have. I spoke to an officer the day it was impounded and went in to be interviewed the following day. I believe she does not believe that I was unaware he had taken the vehicle. At any rate, they have had the car on hold for 11 days now and accumulating. I have called and left messages with the officer - no response.

I spoke to a lawyer friend of a friend who informed me that even in a homicide, you get it back (if you want it, that is) within 14 days but the storage fees are quickly exceeding the cars worth at this point. He's going to call on my behalf tomorrow....

Stop calling the officer ... start calling his or her supervisor. Keep working your way up until you find a live body who can and will deal with you.

And I am very surprised that you are being assessed storage fees for THEIR impound. It wouldn't generally work that way out here, but I suppose it might in your state ... or, you are simply expected to pay it quietly. You might want to ask this lawyer friend whether he or she knows the law with regards to the fees on an evidence impound.