{"id":4170,"date":"2022-05-15T07:17:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T07:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/?page_id=4170"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:47:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:47:07","slug":"release-car-from-impound-to-non-registered-owner-california","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/release-car-from-impound-to-non-registered-owner-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Car From Impound To Non Registered Owner California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l36yqaa0-c34ed7cc5ef20f50de22dedb15d47dbd\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l36yqaa0-c34ed7cc5ef20f50de22dedb15d47dbd{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l36yqaa0-c34ed7cc5ef20f50de22dedb15d47dbd .av-special-heading-tag 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establishing reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle, described by vehicle type and license number, was an instrumentality used in the peace officer&#8217;s presence in violation of <span class=\"cite\">Section 2800.1\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">2800.2\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">2800.3\u00a0<\/span>, or\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">23103\u00a0<\/span>, shall issue a warrant or order authorizing any peace officer to immediately seize and cause the removal of the vehicle. \u2002The warrant or court order may be entered into a computerized database. \u2002A vehicle so impounded may be impounded for a period not to exceed 30 days.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>The impounding agency, within two working days of impoundment, shall send a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the legal owner of the vehicle, at the address obtained from the department, informing the owner that the vehicle has been impounded and providing the owner with a copy of the warrant or court order. \u2002Failure to notify the legal owner within two working days shall prohibit the impounding agency from charging for more than 15 days impoundment when a legal owner redeems the impounded vehicle. \u2002<span class=\"added-material\">The law enforcement agency shall be open to issue a release to the registered owner or legal owner, or the agent of either, whenever the agency is open to serve the public for regular, nonemergency business.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)(1)\u2002An impounding agency shall release a vehicle to the registered owner or his or her agent prior to the end of the impoundment period and without the permission of the magistrate authorizing the vehicle&#8217;s seizure under any of the following circumstances:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(A)\u2002When the vehicle is a stolen vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(B)\u2002When the vehicle is subject to bailment and is driven by an unlicensed employee of the business establishment, including a parking service or repair garage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(C)\u2002When the registered owner of the vehicle causes a peace officer to reasonably believe, based on the totality of the circumstances, that the registered owner was not the driver who violated\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 2800.1\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">2800.2\u00a0<\/span>, or\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">2800.3\u00a0<\/span>, the agency shall immediately release the vehicle to the registered owner or his or her agent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002No vehicle shall be released pursuant to this subdivision, except upon presentation of the registered owner&#8217;s or agent&#8217;s currently valid driver&#8217;s license to operate the vehicle and proof of current vehicle registration, or upon order of the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)(1)\u2002Whenever a vehicle is impounded under this section, the magistrate ordering the storage shall provide the vehicle&#8217;s registered and legal owners of record, or their agents, with the opportunity for a poststorage hearing to determine the validity of the storage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002A notice of the storage shall be mailed or personally delivered to the registered and legal owners within 48 hours after issuance of the warrant or court order, excluding weekends and holidays, by the person or agency executing the warrant or court order, and shall include all of the following information:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(A)\u2002The name, address, and telephone number of the agency providing the notice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(B)\u2002The location of the place of storage and a description of the vehicle, which shall include, if available, the name or make, the manufacturer, the license plate number, and the mileage of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(C)\u2002A copy of the warrant or court order and the peace officer&#8217;s affidavit, as described in subdivision (a).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(D)\u2002A statement that, in order to receive their poststorage hearing, the owners, or their agents, are required to request the hearing from the magistrate issuing the warrant or court order in person, in writing, or by telephone, within 10 days of the date of the notice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002The poststorage hearing shall be conducted within two court days after receipt of the request for the hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4)\u2002At the hearing, the magistrate may order the vehicle released if he or she finds any of the circumstances described in subdivision (b) or (e) that allow release of a vehicle by the impounding agency. \u2002The magistrate may also consider releasing the vehicle when the continued impoundment will cause undue hardship to persons dependent upon the vehicle for employment or to a person with a community property interest in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5)\u2002Failure of either the registered or legal owner, or his or her agent, to request, or to attend, a scheduled hearing satisfies the poststorage hearing requirement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(6)\u2002The agency employing the peace officer who caused the magistrate to issue the warrant or court order shall be responsible for the costs incurred for towing and storage if it is determined in the poststorage hearing that reasonable grounds for the storage are not established.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002The registered owner or his or her agent is responsible for all towing and storage charges related to the impoundment, and any administrative charges authorized under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002A vehicle removed and seized under subdivision (a) shall be released to the legal owner of the vehicle or the legal owner&#8217;s agent prior to the end of the impoundment period and without the permission of the magistrate authorizing the seizure of the vehicle if all of the following conditions are met:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002The legal owner is a motor vehicle dealer, bank, credit union, acceptance corporation, or other licensed financial institution legally operating in this state or is another person, not the registered owner, holding a financial interest in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)<span class=\"added-material\">(A)<\/span>\u2002The legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent pays all towing and storage fees related to the seizure of the vehicle. \u2002No lien sale processing fees shall be charged to the legal owner who redeems the vehicle prior to the 15th day of impoundment. \u2002Neither the impounding authority nor any person having possession of the vehicle shall collect from the legal owner of the type specified in paragraph (1), or the legal owner&#8217;s agent any administrative charges imposed pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>unless the legal owner voluntarily requested a poststorage hearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(B)\u2002A person operating or in charge of a storage facility where vehicles are stored pursuant to this section shall accept a valid bank credit card or cash for payment of towing, storage, and related fees by a legal or registered owner or the owner&#8217;s agent claiming the vehicle. \u2002A credit card shall be in the name of the person presenting the card. \u201c<span class=\"wordphrase\">Credit card<\/span>\u201d means \u201ccredit card\u201d as defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">subdivision (a) of Section 1747.02 of the Civil Code\u00a0<\/span>, except, for the purposes of this section, credit card does not include a credit card issued by a retail seller.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(C)\u2002A person operating or in charge of a storage facility described in subparagraph (B) who violates subparagraph (B) shall be civilly liable to the owner of the vehicle or to the person who tendered the fees for four times the amount of the towing, storage and related fees, but not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(D)\u2002A person operating or in charge of a storage facility described in subparagraph (B) shall have sufficient funds on the premises of the primary storage facility during normal business hours to accommodate, and make change in, a reasonable monetary transaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(E)\u2002Credit charges for towing and storage services shall comply with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 1748.1 of the Civil Code\u00a0<\/span>. \u2002Law enforcement agencies may include the costs of providing for payment by credit when making agreements with towing companies on rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002The legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent presents<span class=\"added-material\">, to the law enforcement agency, impounding agency, person in possession of the vehicle, or any person acting on behalf of those agencies,<\/span>\u00a0a copy of the assignment, as defined in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">subdivision (b) of Section 7500.1 of the Business and Professions Code\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"added-material\">; \u2009a release from the one responsible governmental agency, only if required by the agency; \u2009a government-issued photographic identification card;<\/span>\u00a0\u2009and any one of the following<span class=\"added-material\">, as determined by the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent<\/span>: \u2009a certificate of repossession for the vehicle, a security agreement for the vehicle, or title<span class=\"added-material\">, whether paper or electronic,<\/span>\u00a0showing proof of legal ownership for the vehicle. \u2002Any documents presented may be originals, photocopies, or facsimile copies, or may be transmitted electronically. \u2002The law enforcement agency, impounding agency,\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or any other governmental agency,<\/span>\u00a0or any person acting on behalf of those agencies<span class=\"added-material\">,<\/span>\u00a0shall not require any documents to be notarized. \u2002The law enforcement agency, impounding agency, or any person acting on behalf of those agencies<span class=\"added-material\">,<\/span>\u00a0may require the agent of the legal owner to produce a photocopy or facsimile copy of its repossession agency license or registration issued pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 7500\u00a0<\/span>) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, or to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the law enforcement agency, impounding agency, or any person acting on behalf of those agencies that the agent is exempt from licensure pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 7500.2\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">7500.3 of the Business and Professions Code\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">No administrative costs authorized under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">subdivision (a) of Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>shall be charged to the legal owner of the type specified in paragraph (1), who redeems the vehicle unless the legal owner voluntarily requests a poststorage hearing. \u2002No city, county, city and county, or state agency shall require a legal owner or a legal owner&#8217;s agent to request a poststorage hearing as a requirement for release of the vehicle to the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent. \u2002The law enforcement agency, impounding agency,\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or other governmental agency,<\/span>\u00a0or any person acting on behalf of those agencies<span class=\"added-material\">,<\/span>\u00a0shall not require any documents other than those specified in this paragraph. \u2002The law enforcement agency, impounding agency,\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or other governmental agency,<\/span>\u00a0or any person acting on behalf of those agencies<span class=\"added-material\">,<\/span>\u00a0shall not require any documents to be notarized. \u2002<span class=\"added-material\">The legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent shall be given a copy of any documents he or she is required to sign, except for a vehicle evidentiary hold logbook. \u2002The law enforcement agency, impounding agency, or any person acting on behalf of those agencies, or any person in possession of the vehicle, may photocopy and retain the copies of any documents presented by the legal owner or legal owner&#8217;s agent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(4)\u2002A failure by a storage facility to comply with any applicable conditions set forth in this subdivision shall not affect the right of the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent to retrieve the vehicle, provided all conditions required of the legal owner or legal owner&#8217;s agent under this subdivision are satisfied.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(f)(1)\u2002A legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent that obtains release of the vehicle pursuant to subdivision (e) shall not release the vehicle to the registered owner\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or the person who was listed as the registered owner when the vehicle was impounded<\/span>\u00a0of the vehicle or any agents of the registered owner, unless a registered owner is a rental car agency, until the termination of the impoundment period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002The legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent shall not relinquish the vehicle to the registered owner\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or the person who was listed as the registered owner when the vehicle was impounded<\/span>\u00a0until the registered owner or that owner&#8217;s agent presents his or her valid driver&#8217;s license or valid temporary driver&#8217;s license to the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent. \u2002The legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that the license presented is valid\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">and possession of the vehicle will not be given to the driver who was involved in the original impoundment proceeding until the expiration of the impoundment period<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002Prior to relinquishing the vehicle, the legal owner may require the registered owner to pay all towing and storage charges related to the impoundment and the administrative charges authorized under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>that were incurred by the legal owner in connection with obtaining the custody of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(4)\u2002Any legal owner who knowingly releases or causes the release of a vehicle to a registered owner or the person in possession of the vehicle at the time of the impoundment or any agent of the registered owner in violation of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) in addition to any other penalties established by law.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span class=\"added-material\">(5)\u2002The legal owner, registered owner, or person in possession of the vehicle shall not change or attempt to change the name of the legal owner or the registered owner on the records of the department until the vehicle is released from the impoundment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(g)(1)\u2002A vehicle impounded and seized under subdivision (a) shall be released to a rental car agency prior to the end of the impoundment period if the agency is either the legal owner or registered owner of the vehicle and the agency pays all towing and storage fees related to the seizure of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002The owner of a rental vehicle that was seized under this section may continue to rent the vehicle upon recovery of the vehicle. \u2002However, the rental car agency shall not rent another vehicle to the driver who used the vehicle that was seized to evade a police officer until 30 days after the date that the vehicle was seized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002The rental car agency may require the person to whom the vehicle was rented and who evaded the peace officer to pay all towing and storage charges related to the impoundment and any administrative charges authorized under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>that were incurred by the rental car agency in connection with obtaining custody of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(h)\u2002Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the registered owner and not the legal owner shall remain responsible for any towing and storage charges related to the impoundment and the administrative charges authorized under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22850.5\u00a0<\/span>and any parking fines, penalties, and administrative fees incurred by the registered owner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(i)(1)\u2002This section does not apply to vehicles abated under the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Sections 22660\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">22668\u00a0<\/span>, inclusive, and\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22710\u00a0<\/span>, or to vehicles impounded for investigation pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22655\u00a0<\/span>, or to vehicles removed from private property pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22658\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002This section does not apply to abandoned vehicles removed pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22669\u00a0<\/span>that are determined by the public agency to have an estimated value of three hundred dollars ($300) or less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(j)\u2002The law enforcement agency and the impounding agency, including any\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">storage facility<\/span>\u00a0acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency or impounding agency,\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">shall comply with this section and<\/span>\u00a0shall not be liable to the registered owner for the improper release of the vehicle to the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent provided the release complies with the provisions of this section. \u2002<span class=\"added-material\">The legal owner shall indemnify and hold harmless a storage facility from any claims arising out of the release of the vehicle to the legal owner or the legal owner&#8217;s agent and from any damage to the vehicle after its release, including the reasonable costs associated with defending any such claims. \u2002A law enforcement agency shall not refuse to issue a release to a legal owner or the agent of a legal owner on the grounds that it previously issued a release.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a 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