Upon failure either to timely abate the nuisance or demand a hearing, as hereinabove provided, the city is authorized, empowered, and directed to remove and dispose of it. Any person designated by the city to remove, transport, or store any junked motor vehicle or junked appliance, or the city if it does so, shall have a lien against same for the reasonable charges for the towing, transporting, or storing and the person or the city may sell the vehicle or appliance for the charges if the same have not been paid during the impoundment period. The sale shall be advertised in accordance with KRS Chapter 424 and notice thereof shall be sent by certified return receipt mail to the owner of the junked motor vehicle or junked appliance and to any other person known to have any interest therein, addressed to the persons at their last known addresses at least ten days before the sale is held. However, all requirements of KRS Chapter 376 regarding notice and sale for towing and storing charges shall be satisfied, and the city shall not be liable to any person towing or storing junked motor vehicles or appliances. Any excess proceeds of sale shall be paid to or held for the benefit of the owner of the property sold and any other person known to have an interest therein.
(1997 Code, § 92.22)
Statutory reference:
Legal notices, see KRS Chapter 424
Statutory liens, see KRS Chapter 376