At least in a few states (California is one that I know) if they tow illegally, you can get them to pay you three times what they wanted to charge you to get your car back. There's certain things they need to have (like if they're towing you from a business lot, you need to have been there for at least an hour, a manager needs to sign the paper etc etc) and if they're missing any of the documentation or proof you can make them pay you instead of vice versa and get your car back. But I'm sure it's still a big hassle jumping through the hoops to actually do so, pretty sure you have to like file a claim at small claims court or something.
Here I only know one person who’s ever managed to even just not pay them, and it’s because she brought her cop dad to confront them. The tow companies are effectively a gang in my city.
At least in a few states (California is one that I know) if they tow illegally, you can get them to pay you three times what they wanted to charge you to get your car back. There's certain things they need to have (like if they're towing you from a business lot, you need to have been there for at least an hour, a manager needs to sign the paper etc etc) and if they're missing any of the documentation or proof you can make them pay you instead of vice versa and get your car back. But I'm sure it's still a big hassle jumping through the hoops to actually do so, pretty sure you have to like file a claim at small claims court or something.
Here I only know one person who’s ever managed to even just not pay them, and it’s because she brought her cop dad to confront them. The tow companies are effectively a gang in my city.
Sounds like a job for a bigger tow truck, to tow their trucks