Section 25-205 - Notice by police to last known registered owner and secured parties - Notice by publication.
§ 25-205. Notice by police to last known registered owner and secured parties - Notice by publication.
(a) Application of section.- This section applies if:
(1) The identity of the last registered owner of an abandoned vehicle cannot be determined;
(2) The registration of the vehicle gives no address for the owner;
(3) It is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of each secured party; or
(4) The certified mail notice required by § 25-204 of this subtitle is returned as undeliverable.
(b) When notice by publication required.- Under one of the conditions described in subsection (a) of this section, a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody shall give the required notice by posting a notice complying with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section in the circuit court of the county where the abandoned vehicle was found.
(c) Requisites of notice.- The notice:
(1) May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles;
(2) Shall contain the information required by § 25-204 of this subtitle; and
(3) Shall be posted:
(i) Within 15 days of the taking into custody of the vehicle; or
(ii) If the notice by posting under this section is made because of the return as undeliverable of a prior notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, within 7 days of the return of that prior notice.
[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1002.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1983, ch. 563; 1994, ch. 417.]