28-4802

28-4802. Fees

A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the owner of record of a
vehicle at the time of abandonment of the vehicle is liable to the department for the
transfer of ownership or disposal in an amount prescribed by the director by rule if the
vehicle was:

1. Abandoned and junked pursuant to article 3 of this chapter on private property
or public land or on or within the right-of-way of a street or highway.

2. Abandoned on private property or public land or on or within the right-of-way of
a street or highway and the department issues a transfer of ownership pursuant to the
procedures prescribed by this chapter.

3. Abandoned and junked pursuant to article 3 of this chapter and towed with the
written permission of the state land commissioner from state trust land located within
the boundaries of an incorporated city or town.

B. The owner of record of a vehicle at the time of abandonment is liable to the
department for the transfer of ownership or disposal in an amount prescribed by the
director by rule if the vehicle was:

1. Abandoned and junked pursuant to article 3 of this chapter and towed with the
written permission of the governing authority off of national forest, state park, bureau
of land management or state trust land located outside the boundaries of an incorporated
city or town.

2. Abandoned and towed with the written permission of the governing authority off
of national forest, state park, bureau of land management or state trust land located
outside the boundaries of an incorporated city or town and the department issues a
transfer of ownership pursuant to the procedures prescribed by this chapter.

3. Abandoned outside the right-of-way of a street or highway located outside the
boundaries of an incorporated city or town.

C. In addition to the registration fee or driver license fee prescribed by sections
28-2003 and 28-3002, the department shall collect the fee prescribed in subsections A and
B of this section as an additional registration fee at the time the owner of the vehicle
subsequently registers another vehicle in this state or as an additional driver license
fee at the time the owner of the vehicle subsequently applies for or renews a driver
license issued by this state. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146
and 35-147, the additional fee collected for the transfer of ownership or disposal in the
abandoned vehicle administration fund established by section 28-4804, except that ninety
per cent of the fees collected pursuant to subsection A of this section and sixty per
cent of the fees collected pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be deposited in
the state highway fund.

D. The department:

1. Shall notify the owner of an abandoned vehicle for which ownership has been
transferred or of a junk vehicle that has been disposed of about the additional fee at
the time of a subsequent vehicle registration or driver license application or renewal.

2. Shall provide a complete description of the abandoned or junked vehicle, the
vehicle identification number of the vehicle and the date on which the vehicle was
disposed of or ownership was transferred by the department.

3. May waive the additional fee if the person provides proof satisfactory to the
director that the vehicle had been transferred or assigned to another person before the
day of abandonment.

4. May prescribe by rule a fee of not more than ten dollars for processing an
abandoned vehicle report.