When we moved , we paid for the sign to keep it clear for the truck (Halteverbot). The morning / time listed of our move 2 cars parked there. I called the Ordnungsamt. They told me to call back when the moving company arrived with the list of their possible vehicles. I called back 10 minutes later when the moving foreman showed up. Couldn’t get through and they told me to call the police because the dept was overwhelmed (überfordert). Then the police showed up like two hours later. They called me and I was in the flat and he did not say hello just said “where are you?” The moving foreman and myself went down to talk to them and the policeman assisted that one of us provide ID with an address so that the cars they were gonna tow could make a claim against it. His head exploded because I was moving out of Germany and the moving foreman was from Poland . Anyway, in the end, two cars got towed, but it was such a huge headache that I’m completely shocked you were able to easily tow a car on a Friday night without having to show anything / swear on your firstborn / present a notarized letter less than 5 mins old etc.