Section 25-205 - Notice by police to last known registered owner and secured parties - Notice by publication. - Maryland Statutes

§ 25-205. Notice by police to last known registered owner and secured parties - Notice by publication.
 

(a)  Application of section.- This section applies if: 

(1) The identity of the last registered owner of an abandoned vehicle cannot be determined; 

(2) The registration of the vehicle gives no address for the owner; 

(3) It is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of each secured party; or 

(4) The certified mail notice required by § 25-204 of this subtitle is returned as undeliverable. 

(b)  When notice by publication required.- Under one of the conditions described in subsection (a) of this section, a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody shall give the required notice by posting a notice complying with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section in the circuit court of the county where the abandoned vehicle was found. 

(c)  Requisites of notice.- The notice: 

(1) May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles; 

(2) Shall contain the information required by § 25-204 of this subtitle; and 

(3) Shall be posted: 

(i) Within 15 days of the taking into custody of the vehicle; or 

(ii) If the notice by posting under this section is made because of the return as undeliverable of a prior notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, within 7 days of the return of that prior notice. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1002.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1983, ch. 563; 1994, ch. 417.]