"Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailerthat:
1. Is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight hours inviolation of a state law or local ordinance, or
2. Has remained for more than forty-eight hours on private property withoutthe consent of the property's owner, regardless of whether it was broughtonto the private property with the consent of the owner or person in controlof the private property, or
3. Is left unattended on the shoulder of a primary highway, or
4. Has remained unclaimed in a garage for more than 10 days or for more than10 days beyond the period the motor vehicle was to remain on the premisespursuant to a contract, or
5. Has remained unclaimed in a self-service storage unit under the provisionsof Chapter 23 (§ 55-416 et seq.) of Title 55.
"Garage" means any commercial parking place, motor vehicle storagefacility, or establishment for the servicing, repair, maintenance, or sale ofmotor vehicles whether or not the vehicle had been brought to that locationwith the consent of the owner or person in control of the premises.
"Garage keeper" means the operator of a garage.
"Major component" shall have the meaning ascribed by § 46.2-1600.
"Scrap metal processor" means any person who is engaged in the business ofprocessing motor vehicles into scrap for remelting purposes who, from a fixedlocation, utilizes machinery and equipment for processing and manufacturingferrous and nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades, and whoseprincipal product is metallic scrap.
"Vehicle removal certificate" means a transferable document issued by theDepartment for any abandoned motor vehicle that authorizes the removal anddestruction of the vehicle.
(1968, c. 421, § 46.1-555.1; 1978, c. 348; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 431; 2009,c. 664.)
"Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailerthat:
1. Is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight hours inviolation of a state law or local ordinance, or
2. Has remained for more than forty-eight hours on private property withoutthe consent of the property's owner, regardless of whether it was broughtonto the private property with the consent of the owner or person in controlof the private property, or
3. Is left unattended on the shoulder of a primary highway, or
4. Has remained unclaimed in a garage for more than 10 days or for more than10 days beyond the period the motor vehicle was to remain on the premisespursuant to a contract, or
5. Has remained unclaimed in a self-service storage unit under the provisionsof Chapter 23 (§ 55-416 et seq.) of Title 55.
"Garage" means any commercial parking place, motor vehicle storagefacility, or establishment for the servicing, repair, maintenance, or sale ofmotor vehicles whether or not the vehicle had been brought to that locationwith the consent of the owner or person in control of the premises.
"Garage keeper" means the operator of a garage.
"Major component" shall have the meaning ascribed by § 46.2-1600.
"Scrap metal processor" means any person who is engaged in the business ofprocessing motor vehicles into scrap for remelting purposes who, from a fixedlocation, utilizes machinery and equipment for processing and manufacturingferrous and nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades, and whoseprincipal product is metallic scrap.
"Vehicle removal certificate" means a transferable document issued by theDepartment for any abandoned motor vehicle that authorizes the removal anddestruction of the vehicle.
(1968, c. 421, § 46.1-555.1; 1978, c. 348; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 431; 2009,c. 664.)
"Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailerthat:
1. Is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight hours inviolation of a state law or local ordinance, or
2. Has remained for more than forty-eight hours on private property withoutthe consent of the property's owner, regardless of whether it was broughtonto the private property with the consent of the owner or person in controlof the private property, or
3. Is left unattended on the shoulder of a primary highway, or
4. Has remained unclaimed in a garage for more than 10 days or for more than10 days beyond the period the motor vehicle was to remain on the premisespursuant to a contract, or
5. Has remained unclaimed in a self-service storage unit under the provisionsof Chapter 23 (§ 55-416 et seq.) of Title 55.
"Garage" means any commercial parking place, motor vehicle storagefacility, or establishment for the servicing, repair, maintenance, or sale ofmotor vehicles whether or not the vehicle had been brought to that locationwith the consent of the owner or person in control of the premises.
"Garage keeper" means the operator of a garage.
"Major component" shall have the meaning ascribed by § 46.2-1600.
"Scrap metal processor" means any person who is engaged in the business ofprocessing motor vehicles into scrap for remelting purposes who, from a fixedlocation, utilizes machinery and equipment for processing and manufacturingferrous and nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades, and whoseprincipal product is metallic scrap.
"Vehicle removal certificate" means a transferable document issued by theDepartment for any abandoned motor vehicle that authorizes the removal anddestruction of the vehicle.
(1968, c. 421, § 46.1-555.1; 1978, c. 348; 1989, c. 727; 1997, c. 431; 2009,c. 664.)
