(1) After providing notice required under ORS 819.170 and, if requested, a hearing under ORS 819.190, an authority described under ORS 819.140 may take a vehicle into custody and remove the vehicle if:
(a) The authority has reason to believe the vehicle is disabled or abandoned; and
(b) The vehicle has been parked or left standing upon any public way for a period in excess of 24 hours without authorization by statute or local ordinance.
(2) The authority in this section to remove and take vehicles into custody is in addition to any authority to remove and take vehicles into custody under ORS 819.120.
(3) Subject to ORS 819.150, vehicles and the contents of vehicles removed and taken into custody under this section are subject to a lien as provided under ORS 819.160.
(4) An authority removing a vehicle under this section shall cause the vehicle to be appraised within a reasonable time by a person authorized to perform such appraisals under ORS 819.480.
(5) Vehicles removed and taken into custody under this section are subject to sale under ORS 819.210 or 819.220 if the vehicles are not reclaimed as provided under ORS 819.150 or returned to the owner or person entitled to possession under ORS 819.190. [1983 c.338 §417; 1995 c.758 §8]
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