[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by Noah930

Threadjack here, but I don't understand that. I mean, I know it's not allowed to tow a vehicle with expired tags. That's buried somewhere in the depths of the vehicle code. But that's on the owner of the vehicle (to pay back registration fees and penalties). It's not an infraction by the tow company. What happens when a meter maid tickets a car and impounds it for expired tags?

There's a Statement of Fact form, or something like that, in California in which you attest that the car hasn't been operated on public roadways or even transported on public roadways, in order to avoid having to pay back fees/penalties. I get the operation on public roadways. But even transported on public roads is not allowed? That's ridiculous and a total overreach of the government, IMO. What about new cars that haven't been sold/registered by a dealer? What about dedicated race cars? It's the tow truck that's operating on the roadway, not the vehicle with the non-current tags.

It had a non-op title and it was a Saturday.