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The City's blog lists parking violations that are towable on game days, such as facing traffic, blocking hydrants or intersections, parking too close to stop signs and parking in no-parking zones. It says to call the Police Department's non-emergency number, 979-764-3600, if your vehicle has been towed.
City blog post of August 29, 2025.
Source: City of College Station blog, Aug. 29, 2025
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In an appeal from a Brazos County tow hearing about a College Station lot, the Tenth Court of Appeals held that justice-court rules govern the county-court retrial, so the vehicle owner could request attorney's fees orally at trial. It cut the award to $750, the amount the evidence supported.
Decided January 23, 2025 (No. 10-23-00328-CV).
Source: Opinion (CourtListener)
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The Tenth Court of Appeals affirmed a Brazos County judgment that a car was authorized to park in a $5 cash lot in College Station because the fee for its space had been paid before the tow, so there was no probable cause to tow it. The owner had been charged $299.06.
Decided June 1, 2022 (No. 10-21-00278-CV).
Source: Opinion (CourtListener)
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The Tenth Court of Appeals affirmed two county-court judgments that cars were towed without probable cause from a College Station cash pay lot after the owners had paid. In one, the driver left for about five minutes to get cash, paid, and was towed about an hour later.
Decided July 28, 2021 (Nos. 10-19-00424-CV and 10-19-00251-CV).
Source: Opinion, No. 10-19-00424-CV (CourtListener); Opinion, No. 10-19-00251-CV (CourtListener)
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