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Your Car Is in Impound and the Owner Is in Jail: How a Vehicle Release Letter Gets It Out
Every day that car sits in the impound lot, it costs money. In Los Angeles, storage fees commonly run $50 to $80 per day — plus the initial tow charge and administrative fees. Two weeks: roughly $1,000. One month: often more than $2,000. Long enough, and the lot sells the vehicle at auction to recover its costs. If the registered owner is at Men's Central Jail or Twin Towers, they can't walk in and claim it. And the lot will not release the vehicle to anyone else without prop

Karen Stevenson
Aug 256 min read
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