Opinion ID: 2381939
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Heading: plymouth township police liability for storage fee

Text: Finally, State Farm argues that Plymouth Township Police [1] should be liable for all but two days of the storage period because the police had a statutory duty to notify State Farm within 48 hours of recovery of the vehicle. However, because we hold that State Farm is not liable for a storage fee for any period prior to notice to it, from any source, and because State Farm was eventually notified by Bowe that the vehicle had been recovered and was in storage, we need not determine in this appeal by State Farm, whether the Plymouth Township Police had any obligation to notify State Farm that the vehicle had been recovered. Therefore, insofar as judgment has been entered in favor of Plymouth Township Police, the judgment is affirmed. The judgment in favor of the Plymouth Township Police is affirmed. Judgment in favor of Bowe and against State Farm is vacated, and the case is remanded for the trial court to ascertain the reasonable storage fee to be charged State Farm in accordance with this opinion. Jurisdiction relinquished.