§ 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 66 1/2, § 11-1002.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1983, ch. 563; 1994, ch. 417; 2012, ch. 377.