Virginia based towing companies are signing contracts with property owners, allowing them to tow your car without prior warning. I caught them in the act of towing my car (I am a working class, 19 year old college student who needs my car) even though I am a resident of the condominium complex. I was harassed when attempting to pay the fee, the drivers in question were unprofessional, rude and greedy. I do not have a problem, with towing companies towing cars that don't belong on their lots, but a resident like me was towed, had to deal with the police and pay $25 just because they had locked it to the wrecker, but not left the complex yet. There was a simple mistake on the parking pass, but, this is not the first time someone in this complex was towed.

This is clearly a violation of my rights, they were attempting to make a quick $125 off of a working class college student. While within the law of Virginia, it doesn't make their unprofessional We should adopt the policies that California has adopted in V C Section 22658 : "Upon the request of the owner of the vehicle or that owner’s agent, the towing company or its driver shall immediately and unconditionally release a vehicle that is not yet removed from the private property and in transit." Additionally, we should prevent contracts that property owners sign for this, an attempt to contact the owner should be made before any removal.