Whenever a police officer of the city finds a vehicle to be an abandoned vehicle, he or she shall attach to it a notice to remove pursuant to I.C. 9-22-1 et seq. and 9-13-2-1. The Police Department is authorized to order the removal of any abandoned vehicle left at any place within the city which has not been removed within the time provided by the above notice. Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section may be removed by the Police Department or by a commercial towing firm. The city may enter into contracts with commercial towing firms or with garages for necessary removal and storage services.
(Prior Code, § 58-292) (Ord. 96-21, passed 8-12-1996)
Statutory reference:
Removal of abandoned vehicles, see I.C. 9-22-1-31