Watsonville, CA asked in Civil Litigation for California

Q: officer towed my classic 83 silverado and says it was destroyed 6 days ago.help

i live on a private rd. officer has came on to my property removed car covers searched my cars with no warrant seized cars no warning or info on whearabout. shes towed cars with registration. from my property nver giving a warning just drives up and takes.most recently on april 5,2022 i woke up to my classic truck been gone.and also taking my sl500 benz 2001. both where fees paid truck needed smog and benz fees paid was waiting on fron light for light inspection. both cars on private property as of now they wont tell me where my truck is its valued at 20-45k. was insured by edmonds classic cars.plese some one hel me.

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Dan Rowan Cortright
Dan Rowan Cortright
Answered
  • Sebastopol, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: It sounds like you need to hire an attorney to help recover your vehicles. If the vehicles were truly on private property and were owned by you, the police should have no reason to inspect or tow your vehicles (absent there being some safety issue being caused by them).

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