Texas Transportation Code
§ 683.034 — DISPOSAL OF VEHICLE ABANDONED IN STORAGE FACILITY
TN § 683.034Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES · Ch. 683. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES · Art. C. VEHICLE ABANDONED IN STORAGE FACILITY
Statute text
View on source(a)A law enforcement agency shall take into custody an abandoned vehicle left in a storage facility that has not been claimed in the period provided by the notice under Section 683.012. In this section, a law enforcement agency has custody if the agency:
(1)has physical custody of the vehicle;
(2)has given notice to the storage facility that the law enforcement agency intends to dispose of the vehicle under this section; or
(3)has received a report under Section 683.031(c) and the garagekeeper has met all of the requirements of that subsection.
(b)The law enforcement agency may use the vehicle as authorized by Section 683.016 or sell the vehicle at auction as provided by Section 683.014. If a vehicle is sold, the proceeds of the sale shall first be applied to a garagekeeper's charges for providing notice regarding the vehicle and for service, towing, impoundment, storage, and repair of the vehicle.
(c)As compensation for expenses incurred in taking the vehicle into custody and selling it, the law enforcement agency shall retain:
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 737 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.