75 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 73 - Abandoned Vehicles And Cargos
Subchapter A. Abandoned Vehicles and Salvors
- Section 7301 - Authorization Of Salvors
(a) General rule.--The department shall authorize and shall issue a certificate of authorization to every salvor that complies with the requirements of this chapter...
- Section 7302 - Certificate Of Authorization
(a) Application and issuance.--Application for a certificate of authorization shall be made on a form prescribed by the department. The department shall investigate the...
- Section 7303 - Suspension Of Authorization
(a) General rule.--The department shall supervise salvors and, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, shall suspend the authorization of any salvor which the...
- Section 7303.1 - Duty Of Police And Salvors
(a) Duty of police and authorized personnel.--Police officers or personnel designated by ordinance of a municipality shall process all vehicles presumed to be abandoned....
- Section 7304 - Reports To Department Of Possession Of Abandoned Vehicles
Any salvor taking possession of an abandoned vehicle pursuant to section 7303.1 (relating to duty of police and salvors) shall within 48 hours after...
- Section 7304.1 - Reports And Removal Of Abandoned Vehicles Within The Boundaries Of A City Of The First Class Or Second Class
(a) General rule.--Any and all vehicles reported abandoned to the police department and/or the appropriate designated municipal agency or department that handles the abandoned...
- Section 7305 - Notice To Owner And Lienholders Of Abandoned Vehicles
(a) General rule.--The department upon receipt of an abandoned vehicle information report shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the last known registered...
- Section 7306 - Payment Of Costs Upon Reclaiming Vehicle
In the event the owner or lienholder of an abandoned vehicle reclaims the vehicle, the reclaiming party shall pay the costs for towing and...
- Section 7307 - Authorization For Disposal Of Unclaimed Vehicles
The department shall, after the expiration of 30 days from the date of notice sent by certified mail to the registered owner and all...
- Section 7308 - Public Sale Of Unclaimed Vehicles With Value
(a) General rule.--If an abandoned vehicle having value has not been reclaimed as provided in this chapter, the vehicle shall be sold at a...
- Section 7309 - Processing Of Nonrepairable Or Salvage Vehicles
(a) Application for certificate of salvage.--If an abandoned vehicle is a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle as deemed by a police officer and salvor, the...
- Section 7310 - Removal Of Abandoned Or Presumed Abandoned Vehicles From Roadway
(a) General rule.--Police officers may immediately remove or direct removal of any vehicle abandoned or presumed to be abandoned from any roadway, including the...
- Section 7311 - Reports By Garage Keepers Of Abandoned Vehicles
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop in which a vehicle of unknown ownership has been left for a period of...
- Section 7311.1 - Reports By Private Property Owners Of Abandoned Vehicles
A person on whose private property is located a vehicle which has remained on the property without the consent of the property owner or...
- Section 7311.2 - Salvors To Remove Abandoned Vehicles In Good Faith
When requested to remove an abandoned vehicle, no salvor shall relocate and subsequently abandon the vehicle. The salvor shall move the vehicle to a...
- Section 7312 - Penalty For Violation Of Chapter
(a) Fines and imprisonment.--Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a summary offense, punishable: (1) For a first...
Subchapter B. Watercraft Trailer Forfeiture
- Section 7321 - Scope Of Subchapter And Legislative Intent
(a) General rule.--This subchapter covers forfeitures of watercraft trailers left in the possession of watercraft trailer dealers. (b) Legislative intent.--It is the intent of...
- Section 7322 - Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
- Section 7323 - Liens
A watercraft trailer dealer shall have a lien, dependent upon possession, on a watercraft trailer for the balance due the watercraft trailer dealer for...
- Section 7324 - Notification By Watercraft Trailer Dealer
(a) General rule.--If a customer does not claim possession of a watercraft trailer within 30 days of the terminal date, a watercraft trailer dealer...
- Section 7325 - Responsibility Of Department
(a) General rule.--Upon receipt of the notice specified in section 7324 (relating to notification by watercraft trailer dealer), the department shall send by certified...
- Section 7326 - Publication
(a) General rule.--At any time after the date the watercraft trailer dealer receives notice from the department pursuant to section 7325 (relating to responsibility...
- Section 7327 - Redemption
(a) Notice.--Upon request of the customer, any lienholder or the owner of a watercraft trailer, the watercraft trailer dealer shall provide the amount necessary...
- Section 7328 - Forfeiture
A watercraft trailer that is not redeemed within 30 days of the second publication under section 7326 (relating to publication) is deemed forfeited to...
- Section 7329 - Rights Acquired By Good Faith Purchaser
A purchaser in good faith of a watercraft trailer sold by a watercraft trailer dealer after forfeiture under this subchapter takes the watercraft trailer...
- Section 7330 - Other Remedies
The provisions of this subchapter are in addition to any and all other remedies available to a watercraft trailer dealer. This subchapter shall not...
- Section 7331 - Construction
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to authorize a watercraft trailer dealer to transfer any right, title or interest in a watercraft trailer...
Last modified: October 8, 2016