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§17C-13-5 Removal of vehicles parked, etc., on controlled- access highway; liability for costs of removal and storage; liens for towing and storage.

§17C-13-5. Removal of vehicles parked, etc., on controlled- access highway; liability for costs of removal and storage; liens for towing and storage.
Whenever a vehicle has been stopped, parked or left standing upon any part of a controlled-access highway any police officer or employee of the state road commission, duly authorized by the commissioner, shall have the authority to remove or order the removal of the vehicle, by towing or otherwise, to the nearest available established garage or parking lot for storage until called for by the owner or his agent. The owner shall be liable for the reasonable cost of such removal and storage, and until payment of such cost the garage or parking lot operator may retain possession of the vehicle subject to a lien for the amount due. The garage or parking lot operator may enforce his lien for towing and storage in the manner provided in section fourteen, article eleven, chapter thirty-eight of this code for the enforcement of other liens.

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