Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars
A law intended to deal with abandoned vehicles is making it hard for low-income people to get their cars back after they’re towed. The consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
Towed and gone: How CT DMV allows companies to sell people’s cars
This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica through its Local Reporting Network. Melissa Anderson was trying to wrestle her squirmy 2-year-old daughter into a winter coat in December ...
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Gone in 15 days: How the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people’s cars
Lawmakers continued to crack down on abandoned cars through ... where MyHoopty had a contract to tow vehicles. The law requires tow companies to send a certified letter to the car’s registered ...
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Why Does the Connecticut DMV Allow Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars?
Lawmakers continued to crack down on abandoned cars through the 1990s ... where MyHoopty had a contract to tow vehicles. The law requires tow companies to send a certified letter to the car’s ...
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Grant County Commission work session 010725, part 3
[Editor's Note: This is part 3 of the Grant County Commission January 7, 2025 work session, which continues the county reports from department heads.] The Grant County Emergency Manager Scot Fuller ...
Buncombe County starts clearing abandoned vehicles to restore public right-of-way safety
Buncombe County officials have begun removing abandoned vehicles in rights-of-way over the weekend of Jan. 25.
Several abandoned vehicles, trailers removed from Loleta property after complaints
Deputies and Code Enforcement cleaned up a neighborhood in Loleta, after there was several neglected and illegally parked ...
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Buncombe Co. removing abandoned vehicles in rights-of-way
BUNCOMBE, N.C. (WSPA) – Abandoned vehicles left on public rights-of-way after Hurricane Helene will soon be towed in Buncombe County. Orange tags will be left on abandoned vehicles. Owners will ...
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To fight blight and crime, Philly is addressing its glut of abandoned vehicles
Let us know! Philadelphia Police Department is working to remove a backlog of abandoned vehicles from the city’s streets. Calls for service constitute the most frequent complaint received by ...
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4 months after Helene, county takes steps to remove abandoned cars from rights-of-way
Four months after Tropical Storm Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, Buncombe County is taking steps to remove upward of 300 abandoned cars, mobile homes, recreational vehicles and other ...
Napa Valley Register7d
Letter: Abandoned train cars are a danger
We have noted the obvious while motoring across our Napa freeway overpass. A string of oil-soaked petroleum tankers have been rail-parked near Costco, a business park, new housing, and of greater ...
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Buncombe County to begin process for removal of abandoned vehicles in rights-of-way
As part of ongoing Helene recovery and debris removal efforts, Buncombe County will soon begin the first phase of removing abandoned vehicles from these areas in unincorporated areas of Buncombe ...