Ch. 307 LAWS OF MARYLAND

and to municipal corporations in Montgomery County; prohibiting the Motor
Vehicle Administration from renewing the registration of certain vehicles after
receipt of a certain notice from a police department of Montgomery County or a
municipal corporation in Montgomery County; making stylistic changes; and
generally relating to abandoned vehicles in Montgomery County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation

Section 25-201(d), 25-204, 25-206.1, and 25-206.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 25-206
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 522 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1985)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

25-201.

(d) "Police department" means:

(1) The Maryland State Police;

(2) The police department of any political subdivision of this State;

(3) In Baltimore City, the appropriate agency designated by the Board of
Estimates;

(4) The police forces of public colleges and universities;

(5) In Prince George's County, if designated by the County Executive, the
Prince George's County Department of Environmental Resources;

(6) In any municipality in Prince George's County OR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, an appropriate agency or department designated by the governing body of
the municipality; and

(7) The police force of any State government agency.
25-204.

(a) As soon as reasonably possible and within 7 days at most after it takes an
abandoned vehicle into custody, a police department shall send a notice, by certified

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