Drivers, beware. In these states it's legal for property owners to get 'kickbacks' when they ask tow companies to haul away cars, consumer group says

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Everyone hates getting their car towed, but in these 34 states it can be especially maddening — here’s why

As Americans mull their “revenge travel” summer road trips, they have all sorts of expenses to consider including food, lodging and high-priced gas.

Drivers can get their car towed away all over the country for parking in the wrong spot for too long, blocking an entrance or a fire hydrant, or making some other type of motorist mistake. One towing industry leader disputed the report’s findings. The idea of tow truck companies offering kickbacks to property owners on nonconsensual tows is “a myth,” according to John Connolly, who’s had his own towing Denver-area towing business for five decades and is now president of the Towing and Recovery Professionals of Colorado. The closest he’s every come was an apartment manager who once offered to buy a towed car if it wasn’t claimed, Connolly recalled.

More states, including Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan and Nevada lack protections, U.S. PIRG researchers said. In 37 states, towing companies have to tell the owner or driver that the vehicle is getting towed. But just 14 states mandate that towing companies show their rates and tow truck operators in just four states have to take a picture of the vehicle before the tow to document why it’s getting taken away.

 

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