(A) The owner of the vehicle shall be responsible for the payment of all towing, impoundment, and storage charges as follows:
(1) Payment without protest. The payment of any towing, impoundment, and storage charges authorized by this subchapter shall, unless payment is made “under protest,” be final and conclusive, and shall constitute a waiver of any right to recover the money so paid.
(2) Payment under protest. In the event that any towing, storage, or impoundment charges are paid “under protest,” by the owner, the owner shall be entitled to a hearing before a magisterial district judge, in which case the owner shall be proceeded against and shall receive the notice as it is provided by the vehicle code in other cases of summary criminal offenses, and shall have the same rights to appear and waiver of hearing.
(B) The payment of towing, storage, and impoundment charges shall not operate to relieve the owner or operator of any vehicle from liability for any fine or penalty for the violation of any law or ordinance under which the vehicle was removed or impounded.
(Ord. 2-2020, passed 8-10-2020)