Towing Issues: illegal rv tow, apartment owner, tow company

Question
Mesa, arizona. I parked my rv(ok with owner)in the apt parking lot the first night i moved into my apt.The next morning it was gone.Tow company said tags were bad-but there was a tempoary tag in back window.We were supposed to have sticker to park,but owner didn`t tell us this yet.The owner did not call them,and when he found out in the morning he called the company to release vehicle which they took a chunk out of the side of.Later i recieved a $300.00 collection notice. Is this legal?

Answer
Well I wish I could find the link I had for a law in Arizona (not sure if it was a State Law or a City law) which allowed for people to get their vehicle back without paying but accepting a bill later from the tow company (darn computer failure did cause me to lose lots of links) and I can not find that link right now online. I seem to remember I had it from an news story to start with.


Now it sounds as if the tow company patrols the apartment parking lot looking for permits, and of course the "bad tags" is always a great excuse it seems...  
(side note, temporary tags in vehicles with tinted windows are real hard to look at especially at night, and that is from "PERSONAL EXPERIENCE" while doing patrol towing)

Now I am confused on the release of the vehicle as you say the Manager - owner of the apartments called and they let the vehicle go... That seems to be great...

"took a chunk out of the side" makes me think they might of damaged the motor home.. But it could be something different.. I do not know.

I would contact the tow company or the collection agency about this issue and make sure you have "written documentation" from the apartment owner about the whole issue.  After all if it was an "illegal tow" and they did make the mistake, they can still do the collections and the court things, but chances are that they would lose and this might just be a bluff to get paid anyway... That or it might just of been an over site and the bill got sent when it should not be.

Be nice, talk to everyone involved and such, but remember one thing. Even though it was "towed illegally" the tow company still has expenses which they "would like" to recover...