(a) If an abandoned motor vehicle or junked motor vehicle is not reclaimed as provided in Section 1151.08, the Police Department shall sell it either at a public auction or to a licensed salvage yard or demolisher. The purchaser of such motor vehicle shall take title to such motor vehicle free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, and shall receive a sales receipt from the Police Department. The sales receipt at such sale shall be sufficient title only for purposes of transferring such motor vehicle to a licensed salvage yard or to a demolisher for demolition, wrecking or dismantling, and no further titling of such motor vehicle shall be necessary by either the purchaser at the auction, the licensed salvage yard or the demolisher, who shall be exempt from the payment of any fees and taxes required under West Virginia Code Article 17A-3, as so provided in West Virginia Code 17-24-9; provided, that the purchaser at the auction must place such motor vehicle in the possession of a licensed salvage yard or demolisher within twenty days from the date he purchased such motor vehicle and the licensed salvage yard or demolisher must demolish, wreck or dismantle such motor vehicle within six months after taking possession of such motor vehicle and if such licensed salvage yard or demolisher does not, such licensed salvage yard or demolisher shall be required to pay all fees and taxes required under West Virginia Code Article 17A-3, as so provided in West Virginia Code 17-24-9.
(b) When the Police Department has in its custody and possession old vehicle tires or inoperative or abandoned household appliances collected in accordance with this article, it shall sell such property from time to time at public auction or to a licensed salvage yard or demolisher. (1975 Code Sec. 11-19)