An actual rather than a theoretical problem...
Cop sees infraccion de estacionamiento. Finds plates missing, paper copy, or not removable because of special screws.
Cops gets on his cell phone, calls for "la grua" towtruck, your vehicle goes to the corralon, the cop collects a few hundred pesos "recompensa" from the corralon and tow truck driver and you are faced with (with an automatic transmission) a nightmare if they jimmied the linkage getting the vehicle out of park. NO they don't lift the rear! No way to guarantee the steering will stay straight.
From The School Of The Hardest Knocks...