§ 90.05 AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLES.
   (A)   Any peace officer or any other employee, in the territorial limits in which the officer or employee is authorized to act, who has reasonable grounds to believe that a vehicle has been abandoned, may remove the vehicle from a highway or from public or private property.
   (B)   Any peace officer may remove a vehicle located within the territorial limits in which the officer or employee may act, when any vehicle is abandoned, parked or left standing upon a highway for 72 or more consecutive hours.
   (C)   Motor vehicles which are abandoned, parked, resting, or otherwise immobilized on any highway or public right-of-way and which lack an engine, transmission, wheels, tires, doors, windshield, or any other part or equipment necessary to operate safely on the highways of this state are a public nuisance and may be removed immediately upon discovery by a peace officer or employee.
   (D)   Any person performing a franchise or contract awarded pursuant to Cal. Veh. Code § 22710(a) may remove a vehicle from a highway or from public or private property, after a determination by a peace officer or other employee that the vehicle is abandoned, as determined pursuant to Cal. Veh. Code § 22523.
(Ord. 99-05, passed 5-10-99)
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Cal. Veh. Code §§ 22651(k) and 22669