Submitted by 420_Braze_it t3_11sd99d in Washington
datscrazee t1_jcd6au7 wrote
“Once the towing company has your vehicle for 120 hours, they consider it and any campers, snowmobiles, jet skis, or other cars attached to or on the towed vehicle abandoned.
After it has your vehicle for 120 hours, the tow company must give DoL an abandoned vehicle report. Within 72 hours of getting that report, DoL must give the tow company your contact info.
Within 24 hours of getting your contact info, not counting weekends or holidays, the towing company must mail you a notice of custody and sale. It must get proof of mailing from the post office.
If 15 days or more have passed since mailing the notice of custody and sale, and you have not gotten your car back or challenged the towing, the towing company will sell the car and registered or titled property at public auction. Any time before the auction, you can buy back the property by paying towing and storage fees.
*The towing company must run the auction date and time in the newspaper. You can try to buy your things back at the auction.
After the auction, you may still owe the towing company up to $500 if their costs are more than what they got from selling your car. You may owe more if law enforcement authorized the impoundment.”
https://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/resource/what-to-do-if-your-vehicle-has-been-towed
420_Braze_it OP t1_jcd6dyt wrote
Thank you
datscrazee t1_jcd6uym wrote
No worries. Hopefully the tow company doesn’t try and pull a fast one on you and your car gets more than $500 at auction. Good luck!
420_Braze_it OP t1_jcd72xq wrote
I suppose it's probably safer not to ignore it. Worst case scenario I will just have to sign over the title to them. Thanks I will need it 🤣
pk_sea t1_jcdkw9e wrote
This is what you should do. Call the yard up and tell them you don’t want the car and you’d like to sell it to them for salvage. Sign the title over like you would any other sale and wash your hands of this.
datscrazee t1_jcd7d5w wrote
Yeah, I thought about that and agree. Might as well just call and see what’s up!
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