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stopped and towed private lot New Jersey

I don’t have a valid license and was operating a vehicle that wasn’t registered on a public roadway. I was also missing one tire on my vehicle. The police conducted a motor vehicle stop on my street and I made it to my parking space in my apartment complex parking lot. The officers issued me several tickets and towed my vehicle for being unregistered even though I was in my apartment parking lot which is private property. They’re stating they did this because I was observed by them driving on a public roadway which I was. Are they in the wrong for towing my vehicle?

Asked on July 5, 2019 under General Practice, New Jersey

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 4 years ago | Contributor

No, they are not in the wrong. You were seen driving an unregistered vehicle on a public road: the law does not allow you to avoid the consequences of that (towing) by simply getting the car into a private lot before it is towed, anymore than you can avoid a DUI ticket by shutting the car off and getting out of it before the police have the chance to issue the ticket, or avoid a citation or summons for public drinking by running into your home before the police catch up with you. If you violated the law, you suffer the consequences.


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