So the Landlord created this drama heartache for an entire family. He more than likely knows he'll have to pay all charges if taken to court, but felt it was worth it. What a jackass.
@@kenm2709 umm no the tow company cannot charge you because that will be called extortion. If you tow a car that's legally parked even in a place of business that has a time limit and if towed before it then is an illegal tow and the company can be fine for illegal practices. Tow companies cannot tow a car without permission from the owner or property owner or police. Look at the title the people paid for parking how is this not illegal tow when someone has paid for it. That's like going to a store buying stuff and then get arrest for buying after leaving. Everywhere has different rules and laws you just have to know then. On private property is well known the owner need permission if cars where towed even after already having a some sort agreement with owner. But again laws are different in every state but private property or public parking every where might all same.
@@kenm2709 look up stories where cars were towed illegally and the company had to return. If you really know how tow companies work. The landlord has a contract with the tow company to toe unwanted cars on said property. I already explained and is in the title. These people paid for parking both the landlord and tow companies. Also the landlord might not be responsible (depending on where you live) on paying for your car. There is a reason why there are signs where it say "at owners expense". Paid parking can be easily won if you can show proof. On a business with free parking kinda hard. Something tells me your a troll and don't understand how this works. Do research.
@@thebandit7623 You would be wrong. The only times the tow company would be charged for illegally towing is when they are not acting in good faith or towing from somewhere they were not permitted to do so. Just like in this case it's on the landlord, not the tow company. The tow company is acting in good faith and not breaking the law as the landlord contacted them to remove the car they removed the call legally. The tow company is acting in good faith that the owner of the apartment complex had a good reason to have the vehicle towed. The landlord is the one responsible and is the person you would have to take to court to get reimbursed. I had a similar situation over a thanksgiving holiday once. My apartment was going to repave our parking lot. It was to happen a week before thanksgiving but things came up and they were unable to do it. They let everyone know it would be done after the holiday at the start of the week after thanksgiving but apparently, bad weather was coming and the only time they could get it done was the day after thanksgiving. Some people like me who were with family and not home got our cars towed. We still had to pay the towing fees and storage fees but the complex had to reimburse us. Just like here, it would fall onto the shoulders of the landlord, not the towing company.
I would have loved to see this on Judge Judy! She would have torn the landlord apart! He did this out of spite because he knew the car was still legally allowed there until the end of the month.
The owner of the car should just be able to obtain a court order for the towing company to release the car free of charge due to the illegal tow. The tow company should have the responsibility to collect from the apartment owner, who ordered the illegal tow in the first place.
Even though this is a six year old story, did the guy get his vehicle back and got some funds from the owner of the apartment complex? I would have called the cops and stated that my car was stolen from my paid for parking space at my apartment, that would have spurred some action from the owner of the complex and the towing company, since the owner illegally had the car towed.
Charge the landlord with Grand Theft Auto since your rent is paid up till the end of the month at that point you legally have the right to charge the landlord with Grand Theft Auto
Just be clear, it's prosecutors, not private citizens, who file charges in court and decide which cases to file. That being said, I _would_ go to the police to get the ball rolling on possible criminal charges, because I do believe the apartment complex owner _did_ break the law.
@@Milesco police will not make an arrest or even file a complaint as it is a civil matter. I disagree but that’s how it works. I’m a judge and that’s how the law unfortunately views this abuse of process.
@@fashiondiva6972 : I'm an attorney, and although I haven't researched Oregon law on this issue, I think it's a safe bet that at least one, and probably several, criminal statutes were violated here. If the police and prosecutors can't be bothered to investigate and file appropriate criminal charges, well, that's a scandal for another day. But there's no doubt in my mind that a crime was committed here. You can't go around towing other people's lawfully parked cars. Especially to settle a personal grudge. That shows bad faith -- i.e., criminal intent.
@@washingtonwebfoot9908 You pay for the apt, not the parking spot, the parking is just a perk, however this clearly was a case of petty crime, I mean the landlord fought with the son so he had the car towed out of spite, simple as that. There are no laws here though, the landlord obviously knows what he's doing because that guy still had to pay to get his car out, and spolier alert that was the end of it, the landlord won.
When it is wrong fully tow company to give it immediately back and possibly charged for theft for stealing the guys car. The tow company wants to charge somebody charge the apartment complex owner
Actually the best way to do it is pay it and then take the property manager to court for reimbursement and the fees. The courts don't like it when people refuse to pay. Like when you rent a place and something breaks so you quit paying rent. You still pay rent and you sue for the reimbursement. Otherwise it could be a defense that you are just trying not to pay. The tow truck company did nothing wrong. They were called to pick up a car. Instead of waiting months for court and having the tow truck company in the middle of something and risk of having ur car auctioned off by the time court comes. They need to go ahead and get it out and keep the receipts of everything and take him to civil court. This way they can use the tow truck company as a witness.
funny, the police told the guy it was a civil matter and they could do nothing- but an internet search reveals that when this tow company towed two unmarked police cars that were illegally parked the tow truck driver was arrested and charged GTA
No it wasnt. Tow truck company did nothing wrong. They were called and did exactly what they were told. Now the landlord can be taken to civil court. What he did was not theft. He can not be arrested for it. What he did was breach of contract. They paid for rent that month. That's all they have to prove is being current rent paying tenants. Which they are.
What the hell? This is a 4 year old video that ends up in my recommended list, and doesn't have a follow up video? What's the point if you're not going to let people know how the story ends? Ridiculous. This video and any other half stories, should be removed from circulation.
Put a lien on the project than foreclose on it but send notices to company’s attorney of record no the owner so if they are cocky and go to court or think they can win without showing up he might end up owning the whole complex if no one shows up in court this has happened on tv years ago over $300 he ended up with about a million dollar project so get the right real estate lawyer sir
This scumbag property owner is in trouble, as is the tow company. He will get his money back along with other money as well. The tow company owner is going to be paying some serious money for this. He should go to police, for the police can DEMAND that the tow company release his Honda.
The only thing is that the towing company probably did nothing wrong. If it is private property and they are asked to tow a car than they might do as requested.
The real crime here is the ridiculous impound fees they let tow companies get away with. It literally costs them zero to have a car sit in their lot. They shouldn't get any more than what a parking spot costs at a storage facility, around here that's about $50 a month.
You can leave a small mobile home in 'secure storage' for a year for less than the tow companies charge to store a tiny car for a week. That's the American way.
I don't work for nor do I own a tow co. Yes, Some companys charge high rates and others don't. What needs to be considered is space. If a car is impounded and not retrieved that is lost space a-k-a revenue for the tow company. They cant park wrecks on the street so if their lot is full we pay the price
A lot of these tow companies know when it's is or isn't justified to have a vehicle towed What they don't care because no matter what they're gonna get their money.
I think he should have called the police multiple times a week for them to force the car to be put back at its place. It's the exact same things as if a towing company grabbed a car you owned in the driveway of a house you owned. How could that not be a crime if it wasn't brought back ASAP?
Wow. You di not know anything about laws do you? Do that and the police will arrest you for miss using an emergency number. When people di not pay their note on a car how do you think they repo it??? 3rd the apartment complex isnt their property. They rent it and as paid renters can park there. But the landowner can have whoever he wants towed off as long as its within reasonable means. If they were blocking something or parked in handicap, etc. Like how the city owns the roads. People who own businesses contract to a 3rd party who tows vehicles who are not paying customers or have a parking permit. You do not pay your car note and they will come right on up in ur yard no matter who owns and get the car and you call the police the police will help them get ur car. My dad use to repo cars and people would hide them or block them in with other vehicles. He actually went to an apartment complex and got one. Guy come running out in his undies.
there's more than one way to handle it. I would tow the owners car in the middle of the night and not let him know where it is. tell him when I get my car back, I tell you where yours is.
The outcome of this is like they said at the end. The guy is going to have to float the bill himself then basically sue the landlord for reimbursement. The issue with calling it theft is the landlord can simply say he told the towing company the wrong car/spot. Now the lie has to be supported but in an apartment complex I'm sure he can find someone.
Damn!! Finally someone knows the law!! The tow truck company did nothing wrong. They have a 3rd party contract. They will have to pay for their car and take the landlord to small claims and prove that they were up to date current renters at the time and that they were in parking space and not blocking the driveway, or up on the sidewalk, etc. Because they said they were moving and assumed the landlord did it because of their son. But I can see these people having their car illegally parked blocking stuff to move and left there car while they were inside too long and it got towed. Which if they pay the tow truck company and get it out now they can have them as witnesses maybe but then again no because they are contracted by the complex. People keep saying call the police get them arrested for theft but even what the landlord did was wrong he cant be arrested for it. Its their word against his. The police don't get evolved in this crap. They will be told its civil case. People just think they can call the police and vet someone arrested just by pointing and saying that one. Nope. Now they come out and you start acting like an idiot when they were called there and have no clue what is going on and is just trying to heat both sides but you want to act like they somehow magically showed up because they have it out for you and start berating them and being biased towards them. Yep. You deserve to get arrested. What they would have done was take a report after listening to both sides. In which you could have as evidence taking the other party to court. Its just something that says the police came yeah there was a dispute on this date. They leave. Not that hard.
If the owner had the car towed in retaliation for a dispute over a the kids Bicycle then the owner should be arrested for theft of private property the owner had no right to do what he did
What i’m tired of is cops washing their hands of these situations and saying “it’s a civil matter”. Theres a clip on here of a cop putting a repo man in a chokehold because his car was being taken. It’s Grand Theft Auto plain and simple and should result in both a criminal and civil penalty.
Technically and functionally, the vehicle was stolen. Immediately, he should have reported it as such. THEN, he should have reported the tow company for having illegally taken it, the tow company's lot for having received stolen property, and to having previously conspiring with the apartment owner to steal his car. GRAND THEFT AUTO. Make a legal complaint with the police department. Get it documented.
The owner lives onsite?? No sweat! He would be all too happy to get my car back for me at no charge, after I got done with him. I promise!! I'm real good at intimidation, I learned it from the cops.
I need to buy a tow truck and set up my own car theft operation. It seems like a great and profitable business to be in with little to no work. Go steal a car and charge the victim with all sorts of fees and fines.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT MIGHT BE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TO CUT LOSSES AND MOVE ON. Considering the age of the car, and the high accrued fees, it might be best to let the car go and count it as a loss. The costs of legal fees would exceed the cost of the car's worth. It sucks, but that's life. He could always come back for revenge with a can of gasoline.
What she said at the last is why they do it. 1st you to pay to get your vehicle out, 2nd pay a lawyer a retainer to sue, 3rd go to court and that's putting it simple it's even more involved, and they know most people don't have the money, and don't have time to invest all the energy it takes to get restitution. Many times even if you win you'd be lucky to see a dime, and you divested everything. Something is wrong with this equation.
Well its not the tow truck company. They have a 3rd party contract with the property owner. They called them to get it towed. But yes this is a civil matter. They need to pay and go to court and get reimbursed. You don't sit around and let the car get auctioned off from leaving it to long at the tow truck company. Which would be perfectly in their right to do. The beef is with the landlord not the towing company. When you don't like something you don't refuse to pay. You pay and sue them for money. Otherwise in court it does not look good and gibes off the impression ur just trying to avoid paying for a mistake you made. When you pay for it and take someone else to court usually someone who is at fault doesnt pay first. Judge judy calls it coming to court with clean hands.
Soon Someday someone is going to Fight back and the people at the Tow yard may be hurt or killed. It happened in San Jose California an upset Man Went in to a Tow yard and killed more than 8 People dead and Set Fire to the Office destroying it. After the Tow, the Employees laughed at him and said to him that his car is up for lien and it is not his anymore. They towed his car illegally and this is not the only person, they have been in court many times before and been sued many times but this time a Man took the law into his own hands killing the Owner and his three sons and killed their Son's wife and Other Employees before they can run to safety, then set fire to the Office in which it totally destroyed the Whole Building. These Tow companies keep pushing and taking people's cars and charging too much and also illegally taking people vehicles, the pressure is too high, soon people will have enough and push back. One Month ago a Tow driver was shot while he was trying to take someone's vehicle for profit, the driver was taken to a hospital and later died 7 months later after complications from the multiple shots to his body. I will never be in business to take cars from driveways and parking lots, you can lose your life, all it takes is some mad as hell Man or Woman to take out a .45 and shoot you in the head, then you get to ask yourself, was it worth it, you are dying now for a $400 tow that went bad and you lay there DEAD next to your Tow truck while it is still running and the car owner lowered his own car and took off the Hooks and drove off. No one saw anything...Too bad a Tow Dude lost his life in search for a Profit...
If local reps & politicians really care about poor & lower-middle class, they'd make city law Contact Only towing policy at apt complexes 24/7 and businesses during open hours - No sharking around taking cars out of unmarked spots (Someone can call if needed)
Well then the landlord pays for tow storage and the tow to return it back to the space and for any associated damages or missing property...! No brainer...
Legally you can't. Once the car is impounded it basically their towing people's property until the car owner pays up or is released by whoever requested the tow. If you break into the car lot, You can be easily arrested.
Anyway to get the car back? Yeah, the channel news can step up, then right it off on taxes as a donation somehow. It's better news if they were to show compassion and help out, even if it was a loan that the guy can pay back. As it is the news crew is just a buzzard feeding on the carcass of this guys dilemma.
Seriously? He cant afford to get the car back. How the hell can he afford a lawyer? And all for a car worth less then $1000? And, why cant the tow company tell who called to have it towed? They cant tow a car on an anonymous call.
So this property own is so high and mighty that when he has a problem with a kid. His steals the family car. Yes I said it. Thus fuck yard stool a car under the guide lines of law.
as someone who drives a tow truck you have to have a legal reason why you had a vehicle towed when you are the owner of a property. because you had an argument over where some kids stored their bikes and you didn't like it is NOT a legal reason. so the owner of this property has no legal choice but to pay to have his car returned to him.
@@MYOB990 at the time of this news story and video, the towing company was trying to work with the owner to return his car to him with all fees reemburst.and we are legally responsible, its one reason why any legal operator will make sure the car is illegally parked before towing it. some places say and lets just say 2 hour parking. the tow truck driver will drive by an area and make a mental note of what cars where there at the time he drove thru the lot. he will come back sometime later like 3-4+ hours and if the car is still there, it gets towed. there are several videos on here of tow companies illegally taking cars like bexar towing in texas, cyclone city towing in NYC and several others but these two named ones have been shut down due to illegal tows. most of which they had spotters in the parking lots just looking for people who parked illegal and when they did, they called the tow truck that was waiting right around the corner for them. one tip I can give you to help you out so you don't think we are all bad is that if you get out to your car being towed before the tow truck leaves, the driver has to legally offer you a drop fee for you to get you car back right there. the fee is usually no more than half of what it would cost to tow to their lot.
Well that was a colossal waste of time. Evidently this television news team doesn't possess enough community clout to force action when a citizens rights are violated by some unscrupulous bully. Where's the follow up? Where's the ambitious reporter beating the on the door until his knuckles are bloody? Why didnt we see the reporter following the owner around like a hound dog in heat? Why didn't they try to shame the towing company into giving the man his car back. Come on guys. Pump it up.
C.D. Riley yes. Shake your head. Can you hear those two brain cells rattling around? There was zero info in this reporting. But hey. 24/7 news means they have to report anything and everything
C.D. Riley LOL I don’t need you in my side. In no way, did your comment show it was directed at him. You didn’t use his name. As far as anyone else would see, you made a comment in response to mine. So sure. Go ahead and blame me for not being able to read your mind. I hadn’t seen his post until I saw your post. So all I saw was people attacking me.
Just contest the impound, get a hearing. If the authorizer is a no-show then you get your money back. SECTION 13.Section 14 of this 2017 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 98.854 to98.862.SECTION 14.(1) An owner or operator seeking to redeem a towed motor vehicle has aright to a hearing in the circuit court for the county in which the towed motor vehicle wasstored to contest the validity of the tow or the amount of charges assessed by the tower.The circuit court has jurisdiction to determine the issues involving all tows subject to ORS98.854 to 98.862.(2) Any request for a hearing must be made in writing on the hearing request form pro-vided under ORS 98.856. At the time of the filing of the hearing request form, the petitionershall pay the filing fee established under ORS 21.145.(3)(a) The hearing request form must be received by the circuit court within 10 days of the date the owner or operator received notice of the opportunity for a hearing under ORS [7] SB117 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445 98.856.Upon receipt of a timely hearing request form, the court shall proceed to hear anddetermine the validity of the tow.(b) If the hearing request form is not received by the court within the 10-day period, theright to a hearing is waived and the owner or operator is liable for any charges related tothe tow assessed by the tower.(2) The court, within five days of receiving the request for a hearing, shall provide noticein writing of the date and time of the hearing to the tower, the person requesting the hear-ing, and, if the person requesting the hearing is not the owner, the owner of the motor ve-hicle.(3) At the hearing, the person requesting the hearing may produce any relevant evidenceto show that the tow or the charges incurred for the tow were in violation of ORS 98.854,98.856 or 98.858 or section 9 of this 2017 Act or a rule adopted under ORS 98.864.(4) At conclusion of the hearing, the court shall determine whether the tow was proper,whether the charges assessed by the tower were in compliance with the prices as shown inthe written statement under ORS 98.856, and who is responsible for payment of the charges.The court may not adjust any charges that are in compliance with the prices as shown inthe written statement under ORS 98.856.(5) If the tow is found proper, the court shall award all charges assessed by the tower.(6) If the tow is determined to violate ORS 98.854, 98.856 or 98.858 or section 9 of this 2017 Act or a rule adopted under ORS 98.864, then the owner or operator of the motor vehicleshall bear no towing charges and the motor vehicle and its contents, entirely free of any lien,shall be returned or discharged as appropriate.In addition, the court shall enter judgmentin favor of the owner or operator of the vehicle for reasonable damages for loss of the useof the motor vehicle due to the tow.(7) The court shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party un-der this section
i'm thinks your low enforcement privatized, hey you , hands up. you not allowed walk this road, you arrested. that happened to your tow trucks. do not privatized that kind of service, that need run by your government. not privet company's.
LOL Ken is making money with the TV station. Why don't "Ken" fill out a loan agreement and have it notarized then pay for the tow so the guy gets his car back then Ken will get paid back either after court or when they guy has the money. Seems simple to me. Whats the matter? Ken can't save the day?
If you are ever about to get towed by scumbag company jack your vehicle up and remove one wheel. They will be unable to tow it and if they try will damage it and then you can sue.
Hay bro i live in Salem to But thats neather here nor there. What im going to tell you is that according to our CONSTITUTION NOBODY CAN TAKE YOUR PROPERTY WITHOUT DEW PROCESSES!!! YOU CAN TAKE THEM TO FEDERAL COURT AND SUE THEM. CHECK IT OUT IT'S THE TRUTH. GOOD LUCK.
