Tow a non-running car

superchargeddrt said

Go out and buy yourself a cover for rhe car. Cover it in your driveway. The police have to have a search warrant to look under the cover. I lived in a neighborhood like that and all it took was some busybody neighbor to complain about the "junk" cars in my driveway to get the police to put a bright orange sticker on it with a notice to remove it. I lost a nice 71 Newyorker with a 440 in it. I wound up giving it to a friend. The next time I had a car in my driveway I covered it and never had a problem even though it was not even inspected. I just don't understand how anybody can tell you what you can and can't do on YOUR own property. Sometimes it seems like we're living in a comunist country. Anyway I guess it could be worse LOL

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No search warrant is needed, sometimes. Went thru this is AZ. City code has alot to do with things. In Mesa AZ the code enforcer (yes, it is a real job) was the one that enforced stuff like unregistered cars sitting on your property. As long as the car had current tags they generally did not bother you. But I observed the code enforcer walk up my neighbors driveway and lift the car cover to verify it had current tags on it. I asked him what he was doing and the disagreement escalated until the cops showed up. Found out later that if the vehicle is in sight of the general public (in another words your front yard) that it has to be operational and current on the tags. If it is in the backyard, does not matter. I agree, it is bs about being told what you can and can't do on your own property. Where we live now is an un-incoropated county. No problems with vehicles sitting on your property. At times I wish there was. There are several properties with 15-20 cars sitting on them. This kind of stuff does not do much for property values.