For the purposes of this subchapter, SDCL 32-30-12 is modified to read as follows:
Whenever any vehicle is left unattended on any public road, highway, or highway right-of-way of this state, for a longer period than 24 hours, without notifying the sheriff or highway patrol office of the county or a peace officer of the municipality where the vehicle is parked, it shall be deemed to be an abandoned vehicle and subject to the provisions of SDCL 32-30-13 through 32-30-18, inclusive, or in the alternative, the city may elect to proceed subject to the provisions of SDCL 32-36-2 through 32-36-10, inclusive, as if the abandoned vehicles as defined herein were included in SDCL 32-36-2, Definition of Terms.
(1992 Code, § 25-45) (Ord. 104-87, passed 12-14-1987)