Section 25-210 - Disposition of vehicles to dismantler and recycler or scrap processor - Transfer under indemnity agreement. - Maryland Statutes

§ 25-210. Disposition of vehicles to dismantler and recycler or scrap processor - Transfer under indemnity agreement.
 

(a)  Application of section.- The following persons may transfer a vehicle under this section: 

(1) Any person who possesses or on whose property any abandoned vehicle is found; 

(2) Any person who owns a vehicle for which the certificate of title is defective, lost, or destroyed; or 

(3) Any agent designated and authorized by a government agency to remove an abandoned vehicle from public or private property. 

(b)  Transfer without certificate of title or notification.- Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, if the vehicle is more than 8 years old and has no engine or otherwise is totally inoperable, any person described in subsection (a) of this section may transfer the vehicle to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor without a certificate of title and without following the notification procedures of §§ 25-204 and 25-205 of this subtitle. 

(c)  Indemnity agreement.- An automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap processor may require a person who transfers a vehicle under subsection (b) of this section, to execute an indemnity agreement on a form prescribed by the Administration. 

(d)  Scrap processor to file agreement.- In those cases described in subsection (b) of this section, an automotive dismantler and recycler or a scrap processor whose plant is physically located and operating in this State may file with the Administration the indemnity agreement described in subsection (c) of this section that identifies the vehicle and contains the name, address, and signature of the person delivering it. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1002.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1980, ch. 732, § 2; 1984, ch. 698, § 2; 1986, ch. 324; 1987, ch. 11, § 1.]