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Whenever law enforcement finds an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperable vehicle on public property within the city, it is authorized to place written notice on the vehicle that it will be removed to a garage or place of safety unless the owner removes the vehicle from public property within 24 hours of the giving of the notice. After the expiration of the 24-hour period, the vehicle may be removed by a removal agency to a garage or place of safety. Nothing in this section precludes the Police Department from immediately removing a vehicle that constitutes and imminent health, safety, or fire hazard.
(Prior Code, § 3.0304)
The removal agency shall have the rights and obligations conferred upon it by SDCL Ch. 32-36 in regard to titling or disposition of such unclaimed abandoned or inoperable vehicle, except that, if not otherwise provided by state law, it shall have a possessory lien upon any vehicle removed under provisions for this subchapter for the costs or reasonable charges in taking custody of and storing such vehicles.
(Prior Code, § 3.0305)
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