Leaving your car in impound may give the towing authority the idea that you have abandoned the vehicle.
Read your governing documents to determine your requirements to register or list the vehicle with the association and/or your landlord/owner when you took up residency.
Unfamiliar and strange vehicles are problematic in any situation these days, and can be especially troubling in a common interest community where the association has responsibility for the safety of its property and its residents.
Until you prove the tow was in error the impound fees are your responsibility. If you leave your car in impound the fees will increase at a rapid rate. You must redeem the car from impound as soon as possible to avoid a huge bill. You can then resolve the issue with the HOA and ask for reasonable fees if it is determined that a mistake was made. However, even if the HOA is determined to be At Fault, you would be under the obligation to mitigate your damages by retrieving your car immediately. If you don't act, the excess fees will be your responsibility and you may eventually lose your car if the fees get too high.
The police are supposed to notify you and you should be able to pick it up from the police impound lot.
Depending on what your state laws are, the impound lot will auction your car to try to pay the storage bill.
With a warrant or with reasonable cause, yes.
it gets damaged the authorities remove and impound the vehicle.
If you take a car without permission and the police tow it the owners do have to pay the fee for the wrecker service and the impound fee.
Any vehicle can be impounded at any time, if it is involved in a crime. The police do not need anyone's permission to impound a vehicle. However, you are entitled to at least one phone call.
The vehicle will likely be impounded to the police impound lot, where it will be kept under security until the impound fee is paid. The vehicle also may be searched, if the police obtain a warrant, or if state law permits.
After vehicles stay in a tow/police impound for a long time or might be considered abandoned the police department or towing company will hold an auction where they will bid off the older items to the highest buyer.
at your local impound....
Impound will sell your car after the impound fees are higher than the value of the vehicle.
They pay an impound fee and possibly fines.
If you live in Detroit, they will cause that car to disapear, and never be seen again.