2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE 189.751 Abandonment of vehicle on county road or city street -- Penalty -- Removal -- Disposition.
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189.751 Abandonment of vehicle on county road or city street -- Penalty -Removal -- Disposition.
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Any person who leaves a vehicle upon a county road or city street under
circumstances indicating an abandonment, shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), or
imprisoned for not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days. A
vehicle left upon a county road or city street for three (3) consecutive days shall
be presumed to be abandoned.
The public authority having jurisdiction over a particular county road or city
street shall cause a vehicle that is presumed to be abandoned under
subsection (1) of this section and that is fit for future use to be removed by
some person engaged in the business of storing or towing motor vehicles and
the provisions of KRS 376.275 shall apply in disposing of the vehicle. Any
money obtained in disposing of a vehicle that is in excess of any liens shall be
paid by the seller to the owner and if the owner cannot be located, the excess
money shall escheat to the state pursuant to the provisions of KRS Chapter
393. A vehicle shall be registered or transferred in the county where the sale is
conducted upon an affidavit by the seller that the provisions of KRS 376.275
have been met. The affidavit shall contain information as prescribed by the
transportation cabinet.
If a vehicle that is presumed abandoned under subsection (1) of this section is,
in the opinion of the public authority, unfit for future use, the public authority
may dispose of it immediately in a manner as it deems appropriate.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(9). -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts
ch. 299, sec. 3. -- Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 105, secs. 1 to 3.
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