[WSBARP] City of Seattle v Long - No Longer Able to Tow Vehicles Occupied by Homeless?

[Rob Rowley]

It strikes me that this ruling will prevent municipalities from towing any
abandoned vehicle for fear of someone claiming it was their homestead?  Am
I reading too much into this?



How about private owners being able to exercise right of private tow on
their own properties for fear of a claim of a homestead exemption?



New Supreme Court Opinions as of Thursday, August 12



Aug. 12, 2021 - 98824-2 - City of Seattle v. Long

https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/?fa=opinions.disp&filename=988242MAJ





“Simply  put,  the  homestead act was  intended to provide  shelter  for
families.  Macumber v.  Shafer,  96 Wn.2d 568,  570,  637 P.2d  645 (1981)
(citing  Clark  v. Davis,  37  Wn.2d  850,  226 P.2d 904 (1951)).   The
act  bars the  city  from  towing a vehicle  that is  occupied as a
primary  residence  and from  forcing an  individual to agree  to a
payment plan to prevent that vehicle  from  being  sold at a  public
auction.  With these  observations,  I  respectfully  concur.”





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