(A) If an abandoned motor vehicle or junked motor vehicle is not reclaimed as provided for in § 91.078, the enforcement agency in possession of the abandoned motor vehicle or junked motor vehicle shall sell it either at a public auction or to a licensed salvage yard or demolisher. The purchaser of such motor vehicle shall take title to such motor vehicle free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership and shall receive a sales receipt from the enforcement agency which disposed of such motor vehicle. The sales receipt at such sale shall be sufficient title only for purposes of transferring such motor vehicle to a licensed salvage yard or to a demolisher for demolition, wrecking, or dismantling; and no further titling of such motor vehicle shall be necessary by either the purchaser at the auction, the licensed salvage yard or the demolisher, who shall be exempt from the payment of any fees and taxes required under W. Va. Code Ch. 17A, Art. 3 (W. Va. Code 17A-3-1 et seq.). The purchaser at the auction must place such motor vehicle in the possession of a licensed salvage yard or demolisher within 20 days from the date he or she purchased such motor vehicle, and the licensed salvage yard or demolisher must demolish, wreck, or dismantle such motor vehicle; and if such licensed salvage yard or demolisher does not demolish such vehicle, such licensed salvage yard or demolisher shall be required to pay all fees and taxes required under W. Va. Code Ch. 17A, Art. 3 (W. Va. Code 17A-3-1 et seq.).
(B) When an enforcement agency has in its custody and possession old vehicle tires or inoperative or abandoned household appliances collected in accordance with § 91.075, it shall sell such property from time to time at public auction or to a licensed salvage yard or demolisher.
(Ord. passed 10-20-2020)