NC shut down a tow company, but cars kept disappearing from city lots
The city of Gastonia is asking a judge to make a tow company play by the rules after it continued capturing cars and demanding cash from their owners — even after North Carolina officials dissolved the business.
Jack’s Towing and Recovery Service did not file an annual report, and the Secretary of State dissolved it in November 2025, court documents show. But, on Wednesday, people who said they were working for Jack’s Towing took a woman’s car from a downtown Gastonia parking lot that did not have the required towing notice signs, according to Gastonia City Attorney Eric Edgerton.
In a lawsuit filed in the Gaston County Courthouse on Friday, Edgerton said the workers told the woman they did not accept credit cards. Cash only.
Gastonia’s ordinances require that tow companies post large signs at every parking lot entrance and allow people to pay using credit cards.
The city said the company has “repeatedly failed to comply with” those requirements. The lawsuit names Jack’s and Marshall Gregory, the person city officials say is running the company. A worker said he was not available for comment Friday afternoon.
