Five Questions: Tow Truck Law - PA!
Five Questions:
(1) Does a customer need to pay the "ransom" (exorbitant amount now being claimed for storage fees) in order to retrieve a car from a tow lot?
(1a) Only if "yes" to question 1, then can the customer pay under protest and recover the funds later in court (if claim is deemed to be unreasonable)?
(2) Are there specific statutory requirements that a tow truck company/ storage lot must follow in order to *legitimately* generate storage fees? (i.e., any requirements that the customer signed an agreement? any requirements of sending written notice to the customer informing them of accumulating storage fees?
(2a) If "yes", would anyone know what statute(s) govern?
(2b) If "yes", are these requirements generally followed by tow companies and enforced by the courts when claims arise?
FACTS
Long story short - from what I've been told:
My nephew got lured into some kind of a scheme with a tow company in PA (nephew lives about 150 miles away in NY)
His car broke down after being driven off the road in a near-collision end of April - about three months ago.
The guy towed the car, and evaded getting it back to my nephew for months.
Basically, he "strung my nephew along" - neither repairing as instructed (claiming ever-increasing repair costs). Nor did he ever tow the car back to my nephew's home town.
The tow guy recently filed a claim in his county court for storage and towing fees of nearly $6,000
NOTHING was signed by anyone and there is NO documentation of anything!
Discovered just a few days ago: The tow guy is a convicted criminal.
REFERRAL
Will receive a referral to a qualified attorney by private email.
Five Questions:
(1) Does a customer need to pay the "ransom" (exorbitant amount now being claimed for storage fees) in order to retrieve a car from a tow lot?
(1a) Only if "yes" to question 1, then can the customer pay under protest and recover the funds later in court (if claim is deemed to be unreasonable)?
(2) Are there specific statutory requirements that a tow truck company/ storage lot must follow in order to *legitimately* generate storage fees? (i.e., any requirements that the customer signed an agreement? any requirements of sending written notice to the customer informing them of accumulating storage fees?
(2a) If "yes", would anyone know what statute(s) govern?
(2b) If "yes", are these requirements generally followed by tow companies and enforced by the courts when claims arise?
FACTS
Long story short - from what I've been told:
My nephew got lured into some kind of a scheme with a tow company in PA (nephew lives about 150 miles away in NY)
His car broke down after being driven off the road in a near-collision end of April - about three months ago.
The guy towed the car, and evaded getting it back to my nephew for months.
Basically, he "strung my nephew along" - neither repairing as instructed (claiming ever-increasing repair costs). Nor did he ever tow the car back to my nephew's home town.
The tow guy recently filed a claim in his county court for storage and towing fees of nearly $6,000
NOTHING was signed by anyone and there is NO documentation of anything!
Discovered just a few days ago: The tow guy is a convicted criminal.
REFERRAL
Will receive a referral to a qualified attorney by private email.
Towing: Five Questions: Tow Truck Law - Pa
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