The iconic sports car sat at a Torrance tow yard for five months, long enough that the towing company had the right to sell it. The sale allowed the company to recoup its costs for the tow ...

By law, towing companies, storage yards and car repair shops can sell your car to recoup their costs if you don’t settle your debts and pick up your vehicle. It’s known as a lien sale.

First, 15 days is one of the shortest in the U.S., with only North Carolina and Iowa allowing towing companies to sell cars more quickly. For comparison, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island ...

you can sell it to a company that specifically buys junk cars. Many of these companies offer free towing and can pick your car up from your home. Our top picks for junking a car are Peddle and Copart.

with contracts to repossess and tow cars left overnight in area parking lots, to steal and sell 17 vehicles. Parking lots serviced by Rivers included a Walmart in Latham, a Hannaford in Albany ...

And, DMV records show, the agency quickly approved MyHoopty’s application to sell the car. What happened to Anderson exemplifies how Connecticut’s laws have come to favor tow companies at the ...

An Outlier: Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars in just 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the country. Towed From Home: Many cars are towed not for violating the ...

It turns out Connecticut has a more than 100-year-old law that allows tow truck companies to sell someone’s car 15 days after they haul it away, if they can convince the Department of Motor ...

And, DMV records show, the agency quickly approved MyHoopty’s application to sell the car. What happened to Anderson exemplifies how Connecticut’s laws have come to favor tow companies at the ...