traffic washington towing
My car was towed out of the city to another county, do city laws apply to maximum fees?
<p>My car was Towed out of Seattle and into Burien, the Seattle website listing maximum fees a towing company can charge says &quot;From private property in Seattle&quot;, am I correct in reading that as the Seattle maximum applies and they aren't allowed to have charged me three times that amount for towing my vehicle?
As a side note is it worth disputing them claiming a 15m drive took them two hours or is that too hard to disprove?</p>

<p>I'm sure you know that a 15 mile drive in Seattle can easily take 2 hours, which incidentally is not limited to driving time. The Seattle towing ordinance is <a href="https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT6BURE_SUBTITLE_IVNELICO_CH6.214TOCOLIRE_6.214.220MAPRIMFETOSEUNTOSTAFURRE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, with a more user-friendly explanation <a href="https://www.seattle.gov/your-rights-as-a-customer/find-a-towed-car/max-towing-fees-private-property-impounds" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. Nothing in the ordinance addresses the distinction between &quot;within Seattle&quot; versus &quot;from Seattle&quot;. Bear in mind that this is for impounded vehicles: if <em>you</em> want your car towed from Northgate to Burien, they can charge whatever they want. Also, Seattle and Burien are in the same county.</p>
