§ 6.10.090. Circumstances under which charges prohibited.

(a)

For boots or tows other than those requested by a law enforcement officer, no charges may be assessed against the vehicle owner under the following circumstances, and any charges so paid must be returned by the operator:

(1)

If either the person who requested the boot or tow was not the owner of the real property from which the vehicle was towed or his authorized agent or if, in the case of an unrequested boot or tow, the boot or tow company was not licensed as a private patrolman or security guard and had a contract to act as such by the owner of the property upon which the tow or boot occurred.

(2)

The property from which the boot or tow was made was required by statute, ordinance or NAC to have particular signs displayed and there were no such signs.

(3)

In the case of a parking facility that charges a fee, the operator of the facility did not comply with provisions of NRS, RMC, NAC or any other applicable law.

(4)

In the case of tow cars, notification of the appropriate law enforcement agency pursuant to RMC 6.10.140 was not made.

(5)

If the booting company fails to respond to the booted vehicle within 45 minutes after the vehicle owner requests release of a booted vehicle.

(Ord. No. 4754, § 1, 6-10-97; Ord. No. 6097, § 2, 3-11-09)