Towing Issues: ignoring vehicle towed notice, mail carrier, certified mail

Question
My sister loaned her car to her son in Eugene, Or and he told her it got towed. A few days later her mail carrier tried to deliver a letter requiring a signature. She suspected it was from the towing company. She is in poor health and cannot afford to pay for anything right now. My questions- Is her car racking up fees each day it sits in the towing yard? Does refusing the notice give her any advantage in this matter? What happens if she never claims it? The car is mechanically poor and not worth very much. She is prepared to let it go. Can you please explain what her liability could be in this matter? (I tried to find out on the web but I didn't  find any specific information)
Thanks

Answer
Well, first of all the law requires that the vehicle owner and lien holders be notified by certified mail notifying of the towing and the storage fees owed against the vehicle... These storage fees in addition to other fees for notifying the owners are increasing each day the vehicle sits in the storage yard.

Now refusing to receive (sign) the notices do not mean anything legally other than prove that you do not want the vehicle and as such allow the tow company to finish the lien process faster to dispose of the vehicle...

Now something that everyone forgets is that a tow company is a private business not taxpayer supported like the police and fire departments...

How long can a company keep doing jobs and losing money and still keep in business. While people do abandon vehicles at towing companies, the tow companies have laws they can use to SUE or COLLECT any and all fees owed them by vehicle owners.   
Oregon Law regarding some of this issue is below

http://www.leg.state.or.us/01orlaws/sess0400.dir/0424ses.html


I would talk to the tow company quickly and see what it would take to remove her liability in this matter and stop any further financial costs...