Towing Issues: soldier to salior act, california highway patrol, judiciary law

Question
I was on my way to drop a friend off at her appartment from the naval base i am stationed at. On the way there my car was acting funny. I pulled of the side off the road (94 freeway). inspected the car and then prceeded to drive off when my back  right side wheel fell off. It turns out that the screw insde the hub of the wheel cylender shook loose and the tire came off. I didn't know any towing companies in the state of california. So I called CHP(california highway patrol)the next day and they told me that my car was in an impoundment facility and they told me the name of the company(roadone towing) and I called and asked how much it would cost. A  few days later my ship pulled out to sea. when I called back again a few months later, I was told that my cars was auctioned off. I did not know the towing laws for the state. I was later told that by a friend who was in the navy that their is a Judiciary law that prohibits any auctioning facility from selling vehicles of military personnel. Because of the lien my bank has on the title how should I go about dealing with this issue?

Answer
sorry but I am not going to be much help here, as it sounds like a legal issue... I know the "soldiers and sailors act" does have some provisions, but it is really hard to determine at times that a vehicle belongs to a military person...  Stickers are about the only thing that says it might be military, and since a lot of personal live off base the address is not always a key.

Now California has about a million laws regarding towing, and you can check out online at the link below...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm


My best suggestion is for you to either to contact the base legal office or a lawyer... They might be able to provide a better answer for you.