An Arlington, Virginia man is fighting a towing company after he says his car was damaged while it was towed mistakenly.

Cody Chance said Advanced Towing caused $1,200 damage to his car as they towed it -- even though he was parked in a spot designated for the business where he works, and had a parking permit for that business.

Chance has been working for a new brewing company that's opening soon in Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood. Chance said it's taken months of hard work and late nights.

One of those late nights was last Friday, when Chance wasn't ready to head home until 1 a.m. When he tried to leave, he discovered his car was gone.

"I came back after testing out our sound system equipment and my car had been towed," Chance said.

The signs say permitted parking only -- but Chance did have a parking pass on his car window. The garage management company told Advanced Towing, and the company didn't charge him for the tow.

"So I didn't have to pay for anything at that point, but once I had gotten to Advanced Towing, I noticed that my car had been damaged and the Advanced Towing representative there refused to even acknowledge that it was a possibility that they had done it," Chance said.

Chance said the bumper had "some pretty significant scratches" and missing paint on the front fender. The estimate for repairs totals more than $1,200.

"None of it was there before Friday," he said, which Advanced Towing disputes.

The towing company said the nature of the damage isn't consistent with hitting a column in the garage or due to the car being towed. The company also said there were black marks on the column before Chance's car was towed, meaning that his car could not have caused those marks when it was towed out of the space.

Chance said Advanced Towing took photos of the car before they towed it, but he said they wouldn't give him good-quality versions of the images.

"If I could get those pictures and compare them with the ones that I took when I picked up the car, I might be able to prove they did the damage," he said. "But at this point it’s just my word against theirs."

Advance Towing

Advance Towing disputed Chance's claims, saying the scratches were there before his car was towed. They also sent News4 a small image of Chance's car in the garage.

The company was in the news earlier this year after ESPN reporter Britt McHenry was caught on video berating an Advanced Towing employee after McHenry's car was towed.

News4 has covered several stories on complaints against the company, and for that reason, Chance said his fight is not over.

Read the full statement from Advance Towing below: