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(e) The liability provided by this section does not apply in any case in which
notice as required by § 25-204(c) of this subtitle has not been provided.

25-206.2.

(a) The Administration may not renew the registration of any vehicle subject to
this section if it is notified by a police department of Baltimore City, Prince George's
County, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, or a municipal corporation in Prince George's
County OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY that the applicant has failed to satisfy a
liability arising under § 25-206.1 of this subtitle to the police department or its agent.

(b) (1) The restriction provided by this section shall apply to all vehicles
registered to the applicant at the time that notification is made by a police department
as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(2) The restriction provided by this section may not apply solely to those
vehicles provided for under § 25-206.1 of this subtitle.

(c) The Administration shall continue to refuse an application as required by
subsection (a) of this section until it is notified by the police department that the
applicant is no longer subject to the restriction imposed by this section.

(d) The penalty provided in this section does not apply to the registered owner
of a vehicle who has made a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle to another person prior
to its being towed or impounded. The registered owner has the burden of showing that
a bona fide sale or gift of the vehicle has occurred.

(e) The penalty provided by this section does not apply in any case in which
notice as required by § 25-204(c) of this subtitle has not been provided.

(f) The Administration shall adopt procedures by which a police department
shall notify it of any restriction or rescission of a restriction under this section on a
person's ability to register or transfer the registration of a vehicle.

(g) The restrictions and procedures provided by this section are in addition to
any other penalty provided by law for the abandonment of, or failure to reclaim
impounded vehicles.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 308
(House Bill 280)

AN ACT concerning

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