PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2041 PRINTER'S NO. 3152
No. 1686 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LINTON, OLIVER, BISHOP, KOSINSKI, TIGUE, McVERRY,
NAHILL, BATTISTO, JOSEPHS, GODSHALL, BARLEY, J. TAYLOR,
HAYDEN, JAMES, DeLUCA, WOZNIAK, VEON, D. W. SNYDER, CARN,
ROBINSON, BILLOW, E. Z. TAYLOR, BUNT AND EVANS, JUNE 13, 1989
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MARCH 14, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for removal of vehicle from
3 property and notice to owner and lienholders of abandoned
4 vehicles.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 3353(c) and, 7305(b)(3) AND 7307 of <--
8 Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
9 to read:
10 § 3353. Prohibitions in specified places.
11 * * *
12 (c) Property owner may remove vehicle.--The owner or other
13 person in charge or possession of any property on which a
14 vehicle is parked or left unattended in violation of the
15 provisions of subsection (b) may remove or have removed the
16 vehicle at the reasonable expense of the owner of the vehicle.
17 [Such] Prior to removal of the vehicle, the condition of the
1 vehicle must be certified by the police department OR BY <--
2 PERSONNEL DESIGNATED BY ORDINANCE OF THE MUNICIPALITY on a form
3 prescribed by the department. The person who removes or has
4 removed a vehicle left parked or unattended in violation of the
5 provisions of subsection (b) shall have a lien against the owner
6 of the vehicle[,] in the amount of the reasonable value of the
7 costs of removing the vehicle plus the costs of storage. Any
8 city, borough, incorporated town or township may, by ordinance,
9 provide for rates to be charged for removal of vehicles and for
10 municipal regulation of authorized towing services. If storage
11 charges are not set by the municipality, a maximum of $8 per day
12 may be charged.
13 * * *
14 § 7305. Notice to owner and lienholders of abandoned vehicles.
15 * * *
16 (b) Contents of notice.--The notice shall:
17 * * *
18 (3) Inform the owner and any lienholders of their right
19 to reclaim the vehicle within 30 days after the date of the
20 notice at the place where the vehicle is being held by the
21 salvor, upon payment of all towing and storage charges and
22 the fee authorized in section 7306 (relating to payment of
23 costs upon reclaiming vehicle). The 30-day period shall be
24 reduced to 20 days if there is no lienholder and the
25 provisions of section 3352(d) were followed.
26 * * *
27 § 7307. AUTHORIZATION FOR DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES. <--
28 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF 30 DAYS FROM
29 THE DATE OF NOTICE SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE REGISTERED
30 OWNER AND ALL LIENHOLDERS OF RECORD, 20 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF
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1 NOTICE SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL ONLY TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OR 30
2 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF NOTICE, [WHERE] AS APPLICABLE, AND
3 UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE HOLDER OF THE
4 VEHICLE THAT THE ABANDONED VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECLAIMED BY THE
5 OWNER OR LIENHOLDER WITHIN THE [30-DAY] APPLICABLE PERIOD,
6 AUTHORIZE THE DISPOSAL OF THE ABANDONED VEHICLE IN ACCORDANCE
7 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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