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

Thu Aug 12 10:22:09 PDT 2021

Yep, if they tow it they will have to be a custodian of it too ; so can't tow it to the next county - maybe they could if they transport the owner there and have them sign a waiver , release?

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

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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