[§290-22]  When vehicle deemedabandoned.  A motor vehicle shall be deemed to be abandoned uponsatisfaction of the following conditions:

(1)  The service requested or required by a personwhose vehicle is towed or brought to a motor vehicle repair business, such astowing and rendering estimates of the cost of repairs has been performed; and

(2)  No authorization is given to perform any furtherservice respecting the vehicle but the vehicle is left on the repair businesspremises; and

(3)  The owner of the repair business or the owner'sauthorized representative has given notice by registered or certified mail tothe legal and registered owner of the motor vehicle at the addresses on recordin the vehicle licensing division stating that, if the vehicle is notrepossessed within thirty days after the mailing of the notice, it will be soldor disposed of as junk.  The notice also shall contain a description of thevehicle and its location.  The notice need not be sent to a legal or registeredowner or any person with an unrecorded interest in the vehicle whose name oraddress cannot be determined; and

(4)  The vehicle is not repossessed within the abovementioned thirty-day period. [L 1969, c 178, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]