For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES. A motor vehicle shall be deemed to have been abandoned for the purposes of this chapter in the following circumstances:
(1) It has been left unattended upon a street or highway in violation of a statutory law or ordinance regulating or prohibiting parking for a period of 24 hours;
(2) It is left unaccompanied on property owned or operated by the town or on any street or highway for a period of 48 hours; or
(3) It is left unaccompanied on private property for a period of not less than 30 days, in derelict condition.
DERELICT. A motor vehicle shall be deemed derelict for the purposes of this chapter if the vehicle is: inoperable, partially or wholly dismantled, wrecked, junked or of similar condition, for a period exceeding 30 days.
TRAILER. Anything designed to be towed behind a vehicle.
UNLICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle not having a valid license plate and/or registration.
(1987 Code, § 8-3-01)