Violation of privacy {guest parking & license plates}

[AZ Manager]

1) The Constitution protects your rights against government suppression of those rights; not businesses (which is why companies can filter language and such) and not individuals.

2) It is private property, they can do whatever they want with parking requirements. You are renting the interior of the apartment not the parking lot.

3) Why would you call lawyers in Washington when you live in San Diego?

[oregonwoodsmoke]

Just tell your guests to park across the street, off the apartment building's privately owned parking lot. Then, they don't have to register and no one will know you have a friend spending the night, or whatever else it is that you are trying to hide.

[Kim in FL]

Originally Posted by Nikki12341234

Like I said, I don’t care about the license plate being registered. What I do care about is them wanting to know the time the guest comes/leaves.

Then break your lease and move. I’ll bet this was covered in the lease that you didn’t read.

[K12144]

I would think they could issue each resident 1-2 parking passes to give guests, then they know who belongs. Guest shows up, you give them the pass, they put it on their mirror or in their window, they're shown to be legit. You lose your allotted pass(es), you pay for a replacement or go without.

[FIREin2016]

You are right. It is a violation of privacy. You can move if you do not like it.

Originally Posted by Nikki12341234

I contacted the Tenants Rights/Tenants Union of Washington State and they haven't heard of such of thing but did agree that it seemed very invasive and referred me to a lawyer but contacting a lawyer just to have friends over seems a bit excessive.

You are a troll. No attorney would have told you it was illegal.

[Mr_Geek]

Don't like the rules? Then you will suffer their consequences.

[ddrhazy]

I've had plenty of tenants that were given bad information by "legal aide" offices. One sued me on the advice of legal aide, because I did not return her holding deposit after she decided my rental was too expensive after I had held the property for her for 3 weeks. She sued me in landlord/tenant court instead of small claims under "expedited relief" which is only to be used when landlords lock tenants out of their rental. Judge said since she is in the wrong court and was never given keys, she was never given control of property and thus threw out her case. She never tried for round 2 in small claims.

As for the OP's situation. They're not breaking any privacy rules. Those parking spots for guests are common elements, not your property. They can regulate them however they see fit. If you really want to keep your guest's visits on the DL, ask them to take an Uber and walk into the property.

[looker009]

I am scratching my head trying to figure out privacy issue. Guest parking is an option which your guest are not required to use. For safety and to control who can park there, management wants to know to whom the car belongs and how long they are going to be. Your guest can put 12 am or 2 days in future date, if there is an issue with the car, management will know to whom to go. Basically have your guest park outside and you will not have to worry about the privacy issue.

[McBain II]

Seems like a bit of a weird issue to get worked up about. License plate numbers aren't exactly private and without access to a DMV database, there really isn't much that anyone could do with them.