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2017 Maryland Code
Transportation
Title 25 - Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles
Subtitle 2 - Abandoned Vehicles
§ 25-205. Notice by police to last known registered owner and secured parties -- Notice by publication
Universal Citation: MD Transp Code § 25-205 (2017)
- (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.
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