It was poorly written, as all news articles are. This sentence gives the real meaning: "The first time a car is stopped for violating the noise ordinance, it will be towed. No questions asked," said Sarasota Police Captain Lucius Bonner.The Dark Side of Will wrote: I may have read the article too hastily... and it was poorly written. To me "taking a car away" means permanently.
BUUUT... a municipality trying to seize cars would not be any surprise to me, especially when we have the civil property seizure laws we have.
Don't some places actually seize cars that are taken from alleged DWI/DUI offenders?
However, property laws may be getting better. I won't look for it in VA any time soon, though.
http://www.aclu.org/police/forfeit/1457 ... 10208.html
Depends on the offense, but for a simple noise violation, I can't see it happening. None of the departments I'm familiar with seize cars for any of the DUI/DWI infractions. Possession is a different story though.