Can I hold the leasing office responsible for my towing fees?

So here is my story and I will try to keep it short.

Yesterday (Sunday), I installed new Ohio License Plates onto my car, as i just recently moved from Illinois, and law says i have to change to the new state plates. I did not have a chance to notify the leasing office as they were already closed by the time I installed them.

I was in Cleveland, OH for the weekend visiting family for the holiday weekend, and my home is in Columbus, OH. I returned home around 10:00pm yesterday evening (Sunday), and parked in the required parking garage. My car still had the stickered parking pass on the inside which was linked to my car make, model, color - and my license plates were registered in my name, the leesee on the apartment.

When i went to the garage this morning to go to work, i noticed my car was gone. The towing company towed it in the middle of the night becuase the plate did not match the parking tag. I had to take a $12 cab ride to get my car, and pay $110 to retrieve

Once I paid the tow service, they took my parking tag as they said it was required by my apartment community agreement with them. This was wrong because when i returned back to the apartment this morning at 8:00am, i couldnt park anywhere since i had no valid pass, and the office didnt open for 1 more hour yet.

Once the office opened, they told me that they werent liable because my tag didnt match my plates - regardless if the car is registered to me, and regardless that they were not available 24 hrs/day. So not only did i have to pay 12$ for cab, 110$ for tow, and $50 for a new parking pass. They're response was that i should have parked in a visitors spot. I pay extra to park in the garage, and there are never visitor spots available because i live close to Ohio State Campus.

Can i somehow make them liable for this?!

I believe that you could as their office was closed and their were no arrangements or provisions made for you in this case. They should not have towed your car nor should you have been required to pay a new parking fee. You were obeying the law by properly registering your car. It would have been more appropriate for them to have ticketed your car and then voided the ticket. I would look into the legality of substracting it from your next month's rent.

No, it does not sound like you can "make them liable for this." What did they do that was negligent or fraudulent? Nothing.