§ 2152 - Authorized removal of abandoned motor vehicles - Vermont Statutes

§ 2152. Authorized removal of abandoned motor vehicles

(a) Public property. A law enforcement officer is authorized to remove or cause removal of an abandoned motor vehicle from public property, and may contact a towing service for removal of such motor vehicle, based upon personal observation by the officer that the vehicle is abandoned.

(b) Private property.

(1) A law enforcement officer is authorized to remove or cause removal of an abandoned motor vehicle from private property, and may contact a towing service for removal from private property of such vehicle, based upon complaint of the owner or agent of the property on which the vehicle is located that the vehicle is abandoned.

(2) An owner or agent of an owner of private property is authorized to remove or cause removal of an abandoned motor vehicle from that property, and may contact a towing service for removal from that property of an abandoned vehicle. If an owner or agent of an owner removes or causes removal of an abandoned motor vehicle, the owner or agent shall immediately notify the police agency in the jurisdiction from which the vehicle is removed. Notification shall include identification of the registration plate number, the public vehicle identification number, make, model, and color of the vehicle. The owner or agent of an owner of property upon which a motor vehicle is abandoned may remove the vehicle from the place where it is discovered to any other place on any property owned by him or her, or cause the vehicle to be removed by a towing service under the provisions of this subsection, without incurring any civil liability to the owner of the abandoned vehicle. (Added 2003, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)