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(1) The Police Chief may dispose of it with a motor vehicle salvage dealer or scrap metal processing facility as defined in R.C. § 4737.05, or with any other facility owned by or under contract with the municipality for the disposal of such motor vehicles.
(2) The Police Chief or a licensed auctioneer may sell the motor vehicle at public auction, after giving notice thereof by advertisement, published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in R.C. § 7.16.
(3) A towing service or storage facility may obtain title to the motor vehicle in accordance with R.C. § 4505.104.
(B) Any moneys accrued pursuant to division (A)(1) or (A)(2) of this section that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the general fund of the municipality.
(R.C. § 4513.62)
(A) ABANDONED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE means any motor vehicle meeting all of the following requirements:
(1) The vehicle is left on private property for 48 hours or longer without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway for 48 hours or longer;
(2) The vehicle is three years old or older;
(3) The vehicle is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: missing wheels, tires, motor, or transmission;
(4) The vehicle is apparently inoperable; and
(5) The vehicle has a fair market value of $1,500 or less.
(B) The Police Chief shall order any abandoned junk motor vehicle to be photographed by a law enforcement officer. The officer shall record the make of motor vehicle, the serial number when available, and shall also detail the damage or missing equipment to substantiate the value of $1,500 or less. The Police Chief shall thereupon immediately dispose of the abandoned junk motor vehicle to a motor vehicle salvage dealer as defined in R.C. § 4738.01 or a scrap metal processing facility as defined in R.C. § 4737.05 which is under contract to the municipality, or to any other facility owned by or under contract with the municipality for the destruction of such motor vehicles. The records and photographs relating to the abandoned junk motor vehicle shall be retained by the law enforcement agency ordering the disposition of such vehicle for a period of at least two years. The law enforcement agency shall execute in quadruplicate an affidavit, as prescribed by the registrar of motor vehicles, describing the motor vehicle and the manner in which it was disposed of, and that all requirements of R.C. § 4513.63 have been complied with, and, within 30 days of disposing of the vehicle, shall sign and file the affidavit with the Clerk of Courts of the county in which the motor vehicle was abandoned. The Clerk of Courts retains the original of the affidavit for his or her files, furnishes one copy thereof to the registrar, one copy to the motor vehicle salvage dealer or other facility handling the disposal of the vehicle, and one copy to the law enforcement agency ordering the disposal, who shall file such copy with the records and photograph relating to the disposal. Any monies arising from the disposal of an abandoned junk motor vehicle shall be deposited in the general fund of the municipality.
(C) Notwithstanding § 95.02, any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of division (A)(2), (3) and (5) of this section which has remained unclaimed by the owner or lienholder for a period of ten days or longer following notification as provided in § 95.02 may be disposed of as provided in this section.
(R.C. § 4513.63)
(A) (1) No person shall willfully leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in § 95.04 on private property for more than 72 hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within the right-of-way of any road or highway for 48 hours or longer without notification to the Police Chief of the reason for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.
(2) For purposes of this section, the fact that a motor vehicle has been so left without permission or notification is prima facie evidence of abandonment.
(3) Nothing contained in §§ 95.01, 95.02 and 95.04 and R.C. §§ 4513.60, 4513.61 and 4513.63 shall invalidate or prevent the enactment of further provisions of municipal ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor vehicles on streets, highways, public property, or private property within the municipality.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall also be assessed any costs incurred by the municipality in disposing of the abandoned junk motor vehicle that is the basis of the violation, less any money accruing to the municipality from the disposal of the vehicle.
(R.C. § 4513.64)
(A) (1) As used in this section,
JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE means any motor vehicle meeting the requirements of § 95.04(A)(2), (A)(3), (A)(4) and (A)(5) that is left uncovered in the open on private property for more than 72 hours with the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility licensed under the authority of R.C. §§ 4737.05 through 4737.12, or otherwise regulated under authority of a political subdivision; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial operation; or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
(2) The municipality shall not prevent a person from storing or keeping, or restrict him or her in the method of storing or keeping, any collector’s vehicle on private property with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property, except that the municipality may require a person having such permission to conceal, by means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain, or other suitable obstruction, and any unlicensed collector’s vehicle stored in the open.
(3) The Police Chief, the Legislative Authority, or the zoning authority may send notice, by certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure, or shall be removed from the property.
(4) No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle uncovered in the open for more than ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle is so left is prima facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice, and each subsequent period of 30 days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(R.C. § 4513.65)