Walk It Through: The Tow From The Lot
A car towed from a private lot, the signs, the report and the caps.
A driver parks in a store's lot to run next door, and comes back as a tow truck is hooking up the car.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One car and one private lot. Local towing ordinances with their own fee schedules, and police ordered impounds, are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.