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[Lucasjame]

Hey everyone, I'm dealing with a frustrating situation involving a towing company in tulsa and my vehicle. Recently, my car was towed without any prior notice, and now I'm facing significant fees to retrieve it. I feel blindsided by this, and I'm not sure what my rights are in this situation.

Has anyone else experienced something similar? How did you handle it? I've heard conflicting advice about whether towing companies are required to provide notice before towing and what recourse I might have to dispute the charges. Any insights or recommendations on how to resolve this fairly would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Just Blue]

Hey everyone, I'm dealing with a frustrating situation involving a towing company and my vehicle. Recently, my car was towed without any prior notice, and now I'm facing significant fees to retrieve it. I feel blindsided by this, and I'm not sure what my rights are in this situation.

Has anyone else experienced something similar? How did you handle it? I've heard conflicting advice about whether towing companies are required to provide notice before towing and what recourse I might have to dispute the charges. Any insights or recommendations on how to resolve this fairly would be greatly appreciated!

The best thing you can do is consult an attorney in your un-named state.

 

[quincy]

Hey everyone, I'm dealing with a frustrating situation involving a towing company and my vehicle. Recently, my car was towed without any prior notice, and now I'm facing significant fees to retrieve it. I feel blindsided by this, and I'm not sure what my rights are in this situation.

Has anyone else experienced something similar? How did you handle it? I've heard conflicting advice about whether towing companies are required to provide notice before towing and what recourse I might have to dispute the charges. Any insights or recommendations on how to resolve this fairly would be greatly appreciated!

The way to handle a towed vehicle is to pay to get the vehicle released from the impound lot, first, so the fee for storage doesn’t continue to increase and then determine if there is any way to recover these costs by showing it was an illegal tow.

Vehicles are frequently towed “without notice” if the vehicle is parked where it shouldn’t be parked (e.g., in front of a fire hydrant, in a bus stop, in someone else’s driveway).

Lucasjame, your profile page says you are located “in the USA.” We require the state name on this forum because, in the USA, laws vary by state, sometimes in significant ways.

 

[adjusterjack]

Recently, my car was towed without any prior notice,

From where were you towed and what time of day?

Notice is often in the form of a sign saying don't park there and it doesn't have be in exactly the spot that you parked.

I've heard

You've "heard."

Have you looked up the towing laws of your state?

Google towing laws with the name of your state.

 

[zddoodah]

Recently, my car was towed without any prior notice

Towed from where? By whom? Why? In what state?

Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Probably, but you provided no relevant facts, so it's impossible to know what "similar" means in this context. For the same reason, it's not possible to provide you with any feedback about the applicable law.

 

[Just Blue]

I'm pretty sure this thread is spam seed... judging by the "advice" OP has been posting on other members threads. (most of which has been removed by Admin.)

 

[quincy]

I'm pretty sure this thread is spam seed... judging by the "advice" OP has been posting on other members threads. (most of which has been removed by Admin.)

Lucasjame was developing a bad habit of posting to very old threads so he was advised to knock it off.

The posts were reported and removed.

 

[Just Blue]

Lucasjame was developing a bad habit of posting to very old threads so he was advised to knock it off.

The posts were reported and removed.

Yes, but I still think this thread is a seed.

 

[quincy]

Yes, but I still think this thread is a seed.

That is definitely a possibility. His posts have been pretty random.

 

[Lucasjame]

From where were you towed and what time of day?

Notice is often in the form of a sign saying don't park there and it doesn't have be in exactly the spot that you parked.



You've "heard."

Have you looked up the towing laws of your state?

Google towing laws with the name of your state.

it is in tulsa, oklahoma.

 

[Lucasjame]

The way to handle a towed vehicle is to pay to get the vehicle released from the impound lot, first, so the fee for storage doesn’t continue to increase and then determine if there is any way to recover these costs by showing it was an illegal tow.

Vehicles are frequently towed “without notice” if the vehicle is parked where it shouldn’t be parked (e.g., in front of a fire hydrant, in a bus stop, in someone else’s driveway).

Lucasjame, your profile page says you are located “in the USA.” We require the state name on this forum because, in the USA, laws vary by state, sometimes in significant ways.

The car was towed in tulsa oklahoma.

 

[adjusterjack]

Where = particular location. Like parking lot, street, store, restaurant, driveway, etc.

When = time of day, expressed in the hours and minutes of a clock. Like 4PM, 1AM, Noon, Midnight, etc.

And did you go back and look for signs? Where were they in relation to where you parked?

 

[quincy]

The car was towed in tulsa oklahoma.

Thank you for answering the “state name” question, Lucasjame.

Did you receive any parking tickets that you failed to pay prior to your car being towed? That can be a common reason why vehicles are towed.

Here is a link to the city of Tulsa’s website on vehicle towing:

https://www.cityoftulsa.org/government/departments/municipal-court/search-the-tow-list/

 

[zddoodah]

It never ceases to amaze me when folks post on boards like this looking for information and then ignore questions by folks who respond.

it is in tulsa, oklahoma.

Nifty, but that answers only one of the three questions I asked. Here are the three that remain unanswered:

1. Towed from where? E.g., was it towed from a business parking lot? The parking lot of the apartment complex where you live? Somewhere else?
2. Towed by whom? I assume this question needs no explanation.
3. Why was it towed?

Let's add a couple more questions (along with what "adjusterjack" asked):

4. When was it towed (i.e., on what day was it towed)?
5. You posted about this at nearly midnight CDT on Sunday. It's now Tuesday morning. What efforts have you made to retrieve your vehicle? Is it still sitting in an impound lot somewhere?

 

[quincy]

It never ceases to amaze me when folks post on boards like this looking for information and then ignore questions by folks who respond….

Many posters post a question and then never return. It’s always possible that these posters have found the answer they were seeking elsewhere or the problem has been resolved.