QuestionI am the Assistant Manager for an apartment community in Aurora, CO. We recently towed a residents car for having a temp tag that expired 8-31-09 and we towed it on 9-2-09 without warning him. Is there any regulations that state you have to give a warning? Thank you.
AnswerColorado has some strange rules that govern towing vehicles... From what I have seen you can tow it 100's of miles to a tow yard if you want, other then being restricted to in the same town.
But the rules are also changing and I have heard that it will get a lot more strict with notification and such.
But as a rule, if there are signs up at the entrances and exits which state that vehicles can be towed. And they list the tow company name and phone number that covers that part of the notification.
I have always thought that towing for expired tags is a bad idea unless they are really out of date. The example you list is 3 days at best which I do not agree with. But that is my thoughts on it. Renewing tags by mail always creates a few delays, and I see that a lot with vehicles we tow here for that condition and reason.
Now if you have provisions in the lease - rental agreements which state that the vehicle will be towed for certain reasons then that also covers part of the notification process.
And putting notes and such on the vehicles is more a courtesy than a requirement in most cases.
It is also best if either you - management or the tow company takes pictures of the vehicle which also show the "violation" so that when you do go to court (it will happen) that you have proof of the violation and all that.
here are the regulations for Colorado that I have for towing, and I said before that there are some changing soon. Check out the link for more information
http://www.dora.state.co.us/puc/rules/723-6.pdf
