Texas Transportation Code

§ 683.014 — AUCTION OR USE OF ABANDONED ITEMS; WAIVER OF RIGHTS

TN § 683.014Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES · Ch. 683. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES · Art. B. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES: SEIZURE AND AUCTION

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(a)If an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor is not claimed under Section 683.012:

(1)the owner or lienholder:

(A)waives all rights and interests in the item; and

(B)consents to the sale of the item by public auction or the transfer of the item, if a watercraft, as provided by Subsection (d); and

(2)the law enforcement agency may sell the item at a public auction, transfer the item, if a watercraft, as provided by Subsection (d), or use the item as provided by Section 683.016.

(b)Proper notice of the auction shall be given. A garagekeeper who has a garagekeeper's lien shall be notified of the time and place of the auction.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 190 (H.B. 883), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.