§200-52  When vessel deemed abandoned. A vessel shall be deemed to be abandoned upon satisfaction of all the followingconditions:

(1)  The service requested or required by a personwhose vessel is navigated, towed, or brought to a vessel repair business,private marina, or yacht club, such as mooring, storage, towing, and renderingestimates of the cost of repairs, has been performed;

(2)  No authorization is given to perform any furtherservice respecting the vessel, or to allow mooring, or storage, but the vesselis left on the repair business, private marina, or yacht club premises;

(3)  The owner of the repair business or privatemarina, or the owner's authorized representative, or the designatedrepresentative of the yacht club, has given notice by registered or certifiedmail, to the registered owner of the vessel at the address on record at thevessel repair business, private marina, or yacht club, and the address onrecord at the department or United States Coast Guard, and to any person with arecorded interest in the vessel stating that, if the vessel is not repossessedwithin thirty days after the mailing of the notice, it will be sold or disposedof.  The notice also shall contain a description of the vessel and itslocation.  The notice need not be sent to an owner or any person with anunrecorded interest in the vessel whose name or address cannot be determinedand, absent evidence to the contrary, a notice shall be deemed received by thelegal or registered owner five calendar days after the mailing; and

(4)  The vessel is not repossessed within thethirty-day period. [L 1991, c 272, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 232, §3]