Towing Issues: Long term storage charges by towing company, long term storage, storage charges

Question
Richard, My son's car was left with a repair facility for a sufficiently long time that he thought they had scrapped it. Apparently, 1 1/2 years later it was put on the street and towed for lack of registration. Another year and half later he gets a notice from a collection agency that he owes over $2,000 in storage fees.  Apart from possible damages from the repair facility for negligence,  isn't there any notice requirement in California that the vehicle has been towed and charges are accumulating?  I have looked at the DMV website and only see notice requirements before a lien sale. Since he was prepared to walk away from it over the repair amount, he would be glad to let the towing company have it if they didn't have further recourse.  Any thoughts or suggestions?
thanks

Answer
I really do not understand why people think that they can just leave a vehicle somewhere, be it a repair shop or a tow company and that is it.

Lien process also covers notification letters but there are also some other provisions which over ride that.

Now California does have a lot of lien laws which are listed online and it also depends on the value of the vehicle also...

Now I can not really answer the real question since I do not know how or what the real value of the vehicle is, or more about what would apply then.

Check out the web site again under lien and abandoned vehicle sections, and pay attention to the value of vehicles section.

Sorry for not being able to provide a better answer.