Mycka v. 2003 GMC Envoy, MN Plate RPG535, VIN 1GKDT13S432414651

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

The City of Fridley seized a motor vehicle belonging to Daniel Stephen Mycka following his arrest for driving while impaired. The city seized the vehicle after Mycka was released from jail and after he retrieved the vehicle from a private towing company. Mycka commenced this action in the district court to challenge the city’s seizure on the ground that, without process issued by a court, the city was not authorized to seize the vehicle from him. The district court rejected Mycka’s challenge and ordered the vehicle to be forfeited. We conclude that the city improperly…