10.08.190 Reimbursement for tow on vehicles—Conditions therefore.

(A) Except as provided in this code, fees, charges or costs imposed for the towing or storage of vehicles may be reimbursed to the owner or person in lawful possession of the vehicle if the fees, charges or costs were incurred:

(1) Because the subject vehicle was towed and stored at the order of the American Canyon police department to examine the vehicle for evidence of a crime;

(2) Because the subject vehicle was towed and stored by the order of the police department and the towing or storage was not authorized by any of the provisions of the Vehicle Code of the state of California;

(3) Because officers, agent or employees of the police department were negligent in reporting, filing, or recording the circumstances of the towing and storage of the vehicle;

(4) Because officers, agents or employees of the police department were negligent in reporting a vehicle as subject to towing or storage or ordering a vehicle towed or stored when, in fact, such a vehicle was not subject to towing and storage; or

(5) Because a vehicle was towed or stored by order of the American Canyon police department for removal of components of the vehicle, which components were placed on the vehicle in violation of Section 10751 of the Vehicle Code.

(B) No person shall be reimbursed for tow and storage charges collected pursuant to any other section of the American Canyon vehicles and traffic code.

(C) Pursuant to the provisions of the American Canyon vehicles and traffic code, indigent owners of vehicles and victims of auto theft shall be exempt from paying fees, charges, or costs imposed for the towing and storage of the vehicle, except no person shall be exempt from tow and storage charges pursuant to Sections 10.08.170 and 10.08.180 of this chapter.