Towing vehicle from private property
Sec. 16. (a) If after seventy-two (72) hours the person who owns
a vehicle believed to be abandoned on private property that the
person owns or controls, including rental property, has not removed
the vehicle from the private property, the person who owns or
controls the private property may have the vehicle towed from the
private property. The towing operator shall do the following:
(1) Contact the bureau to obtain the name and address of the
person who owns the vehicle.
(2) Send, by certified mail, a copy of the information contained
in the notice required under section 15 of this chapter to the
person who owns the vehicle. The notice required by this
subdivision must be mailed to the person who owns the vehicle
according to the records of the bureau not later than five (5)
business days after receipt of the information in subdivision (1)
from the bureau.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in an emergency situation a
vehicle may be removed immediately. As used in this subsection,
"emergency situation" means that the presence of the abandoned
vehicle interferes physically with the conduct of normal business
operations of the person who owns or controls the private property
or poses a threat to the safety or security of persons or property, or
both.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.130-1995, SEC.2;
P.L.108-2001, SEC.4; P.L.104-2005, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 27, 2006