2010 Maryland Code
TRANSPORTATION
TITLE 25 - VEHICLE LAWS - RESPECTIVE POWERS OF STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES; DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED VEHICLES
Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles
Section 25-209 - Disposition of vehicles to dismantler and recycler or scrap processor - In general.

§ 25-209. Disposition of vehicles to dismantler and recycler or scrap processor - In general.
 

(a)  Application for disposition - In general.- Any person who possesses or on whose property is found an abandoned vehicle and any person who owns a vehicle, for which the certificate of title is defective, lost, or destroyed, may apply to the police department of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is located for authority to transfer the vehicle to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor. 

(b)  Application for disposition - Contents.- The application shall include: 

(1) The name and address of the applicant; 

(2) The year, make, model, and vehicle identification number of the vehicle, if ascertainable, and any other identifying features of the vehicle; 

(3) A concise statement of the facts about the abandonment of the vehicle or the loss, destruction, or defect of the certificate of title of the vehicle; and 

(4) An affidavit stating that the facts alleged in the application are true and that no material fact has been withheld. 

(c)  Notification of owner and secured party - In general.- If a police department finds that the application is executed in proper form and shows either that the vehicle has been abandoned on the property of the applicant or, if the vehicle is not abandoned, that the applicant appears to be the rightful owner, the police department shall follow the notification procedures of §§ 25-204 and 25-205 of this subtitle. 

(c-1)  Notification of owner and secured party - Waiver.- If the applicant submits with the application documentary proof that the notification procedures of §§ 25-204 and 25-205 of this subtitle already have been complied with, the police department may accept the document as proof of compliance and the department is not required to provide this notification. 

(d)  If vehicle not reclaimed.-  

(1) If an abandoned vehicle is not reclaimed in the time required by this subtitle, the police department shall give the applicant a certificate of authority to transfer the vehicle to: 

(i) Any automotive dismantler and recycler for: 

1. Dismantling, destroying, or scrapping; or 

2. Salvaging as authorized under § 13-506 of this article; or 

(ii) Any scrap processor for dismantling, destroying, or scrapping. 

(2) The automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor shall accept the certificate of authority instead of the certificate of title of the vehicle. 

(3) The automotive dismantler and recycler may apply for a salvage certificate as provided in § 13-506 of this article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1002.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1978, ch. 185; 1980, ch. 732, § 2; 1990, ch. 685; 1993, ch. 5, § 1; 2005, ch. 25, § 13.]