California Vehicle Code

§ 22850.5

VEH § 22850.5 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 11 · Ch. 10 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)A city, county, or city and county, or a state agency may adopt a regulation, ordinance, or resolution establishing procedures for the release of properly impounded vehicles to the registered owner or the agent of the registered owner and for the imposition of a charge equal to its administrative costs relating to the removal, impound, storage, or release of the vehicles to the registered owner or to the agent of the registered owner. Those administrative costs may be waived by the local or state authority upon verifiable proof that the vehicle was reported stolen at the time the vehicle was removed.

(b)The following apply to any charges imposed for administrative costs pursuant to subdivision (a):

(1)The charges shall only be imposed on the registered owner or the agents of that owner and shall not include any vehicle towed under an abatement program or sold at a lien sale pursuant to Sections 3068.1 to 3074, inclusive, of, and Section 22851 of, the Civil Code unless the sale is sufficient in amount to pay the lienholder’s total charges and proper administrative costs.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 740, Sec. 17. (AB 281) Effective January 1, 2016.