(A) Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with I.C. 9-22-1 et seq. and 9-13-2-1 and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles rules and regulations 140 I.A.C. 5-1. The impounded vehicle shall be stored at an approved storage site as designated by the city except in the case where the estimated value of the vehicle, as determined by the police officer, is less than $100 then the vehicle shall be immediately towed to an auto scrap yard. All required notices shall be in accordance with I.C. 9-22-1 et seq. and 9-13-2-1.
(B) Towing charges for vehicles removed from private property and valued at $100 or less may be paid by the city from funds appropriated for such purpose and the owner of the vehicle shall be billed by the Clerk-Treasurer for such net costs incurred as established in division (E) below.
(C) Towing and storage charges for abandoned vehicles, other than those removed from private property and valued at $100 or less, shall be paid by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in accordance with limitations established by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles rules and regulations.
(D) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles is responsible for the sale of all abandoned vehicles.
(E) Towing charges paid by the city shall not exceed $30.
(Prior Code, § 58-293) (Ord. 96-21, passed 8-12-1996)
Statutory reference:
Disposition of vehicle, see I.C. 9-22-1-13 et seq.
Local procedures and charges, see I.C. 9-22-1-30 et seq.