ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
abandoned vehicles; payment
of costs
Requires reimbursements of
reasonable storage costs and processing fees for vehicles abandoned on federal,
state, public or private property.
Statute defines an abandoned
vehicle as a vehicle left unattended for more than 72 hours on public or
private land. A person in possession of
a vehicle may either file an abandoned vehicle report directly with the Motor
Vehicle Division or privately contract with a towing agency to have the vehicle
removed. In both cases, an abandoned
vehicle report must be filed, which requires a processing fee of ten dollars. In addition to the ten dollar abandoned
vehicle processing fee, the person in possession of the abandoned vehicle must
undertake the storage of the vehicle or contracts with a towing agency to store
the vehicle.
Currently, there is no
mechanism for a person in possession of an abandoned vehicle to recover costs
incurred in processing abandoned vehicle reports and for storing abandoned
vehicles.
Any fiscal impact to the
state general fund that may be associated with the implementation of this bill
is unknown at this time.
1. Entitles the property owner to a reimbursement of reasonable costs incurred for abandoned vehicle storage and fees incurred for processing an abandoned vehicle report prior to removal of the vehicle.
2. Requires a notice of vehicle abandonment and a notice of intention to transfer title to be given before any reimbursement of costs.
3. Makes conforming changes.
4. Provides for a general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Staff
January 23, 2001