My best friend car was sitting on the street in los angeles and LAPD impounded it because it did not have recent tags. The storage was so high that I did not get the car and now they have sold my car and am asking for $600.00. What can I do to get impound storage and towing to leave me alone? She is on disability and cannot afford to pay the fee.

excon

Hello again, gal:

Because she can't afford to pay it, doesn't mean she doesn't owe it, and is going to suffer all the indignities that any of us would if we didn't pay our bills.

I don't think her disability can be garnished, however, so even if they did sue her, they can't collect. Maybe if she wrote them a letter tellilng them that, including of copy of her disability award letter as evidence, they may stop. Or they may not.

excon

Fr_Chuck

whose car was it, yours or your friend?

Why did you not get it the first or second day it was impounded ? I am sure it was cheaper at that point.

But yes, they will continue to ask for the money untill they are paid. Since it was a legal impound, the vechile sold to cover costs, you owe the additional costs not covered by the sale. That is just how the law works.

I am confused you say to make them stop bothering you, and then say she can't pay the fee. If it is not your car, they should not be bothering you at all

UsBlkgal

My friend (who owns the car that went into impound) lives half way across the united states from me. I was just curious about her situation (as I am extremely curious about most things) and wondered what her recourse might be. We have been friends for over forty years and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem. Even though the question was not for me, I learn a lot from every question that I ask...Your're right "why should I care", but why shouldn't I? She would have asked if she had a computer and the folks here are kind enough to share their valued life's lessons....I try to do the same. Oh. I am not sure why she did not get the car out of impound. It was probably because she did not have the money. A shadetree mechanic that she trusted to "fix" the car for her left it on the street on a day that a streetsweeper cleaned and it was impounded. In short, kids, saving money with a shadetree mechanic may shave money off of your repair bills but not always on your possession of the car.

Fr_Chuck

Did not mean that you should not care, but often people are having the problems but they use the "my frined"

But the sad thing on some things, you are fighting against government employees who don't care, have rules and those rules are more important than helping anyone, plus they hear hard luck stories every day.
This works best in smaller towns, but can work in bigger cities, go see your city counsel person and if they will make some phone calls for you, it may help.

I had a dog issue about two week ago, several phone calls to county commissions and a personal visit to the county mayor and they made it all right with no cost to me.