Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided October 28, 1993Published
1Opinion of the Court
Requestor: Joyce J. Manch, Esq., Assistant Corporation Counsel City of Buffalo 1100 City Hall 65 Niagara Square Buffalo, N Y 14202-3379
Written by: Siobhan Crary, Assistant Attorney General
You have asked whether a private towing company may refuse to release towed vehicles until towing and storage charges are paid. You state that a local bowling alley has contracted with a private towing company to remove vehicles parked on the bowling alley's property without permission of the owner. The owner has posted conspicuous signs stating that it will have vehicles towed away at the driver's expense…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Forest Hills Gardens Corp. v. BarothNew York Supreme Court · 1990
- Forest Hills Gardens Corp. v. KowlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Forest Hills Gardens Corp. v. KowlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981