If an abandoned motor vehicle is worth $100 (value to be determined by the town) or more and should the owner thereof refuse to pay the aforementioned costs or should the identity or whereabouts of such owner be unknown and unascertainable after a diligent search, it shall, after being held by the town for 30 days and after 20 days’ written notice to the registered owner at his or her last known address if his or her identity is known, and to the holders of all liens of record against the vehicle, and to the State Department of Motor Vehicles, be sold by the town at public auction. However, any person having an interest in the vehicle may redeem it at any time before the sale by paying all costs, including administrative and legal fees of the town, which have accrued to date.
(Prior Code, § 90.06)