55-16-104 - Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles. - Tennessee Statutes

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55-16-104. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles.

A police department may take into custody any motor vehicle found abandoned, immobile, or unattended on public or private property. In such connection, a police department may employ its own personnel, equipment and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned, immobile, or unattended motor vehicles.

[Acts 1967, ch. 250, § 2; T.C.A., § 59-1604; Acts 1996, ch. 868, § 4.]

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55-16-104. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles.

A police department may take into custody any motor vehicle found abandoned, immobile, or unattended on public or private property. In such connection, a police department may employ its own personnel, equipment and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned, immobile, or unattended motor vehicles.

[Acts 1967, ch. 250, § 2; T.C.A., § 59-1604; Acts 1996, ch. 868, § 4.]

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55-16-104. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles.

A police department may take into custody any motor vehicle found abandoned, immobile, or unattended on public or private property. In such connection, a police department may employ its own personnel, equipment and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned, immobile, or unattended motor vehicles.

[Acts 1967, ch. 250, § 2; T.C.A., § 59-1604; Acts 1996, ch. 868, § 4.]