Ogden Bans Illegal Towing Practices | Ogden Tow

Avoid these illegal towing practices in Ogden

There are some genuine reasons that could make your vehicle towed such as parking in the wrong place, obstruction, lack of a driving license, expired registration, among others. There other times that the driver of a tow truck will conduct an illegality by towing a vehicle without a valid reason. Some of these illegalities are:
  • Towing your vehicle before one hour is over after parking the vehicle: If you park your vehicle is the wrong place, the driver of a towing truck does not have any right to tow the vehicle before one hour is over.
There are exceptions to this rule like when you park in a parking that is either reserved for an ambulance, the handicapped, or for firefighters. In this situation, the vehicle will be towed immediately and you will have no legal ground to challenge them.
  • Towing your vehicle beyond ten miles:  A vehicle that is towed without your consent as a result of an offense should not be towed to a place that is more than ten miles from the place you had packed the vehicle. Going against this law is an illegality.
  • Written consent: Before a toeing company can tow a vehicle that is blocking a business, the business owner should sign a written consent giving the towing company the go-ahead to tow the vehicle.
Once the consent has been signed, the towing truck should wait for one hour before taking any action. They should also ensure that there is a law that prohibits parking in that area before taking such an action.
  • Storage charge: once the car owner has paid what is demanded of him, he should have his vehicle back.
If you have parked your vehicle in a private property, a towing company has no right to tow the vehicle. If you find them in the process of towing it, you should ask for immediate release of the vehicle and this should be complied with. You should ensure that you know all these rights so that towing drivers will not take advantage so that they can get money from you.

Recently the Ogden City Counsel passed a bill to curb some of these behaviors to protect both the towing industry and drivers a like. 
 

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