Ch. 685 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1) Was transferred as salvage; and

(2) May not be titled or registered for operation in this State except in
accordance with § 13-506(b) of this subtitle.

25-209.

(a) Any person who possesses or on whose property is found an abandoned
vehicle and any person who owns a vehicle, for which the certificate of title is defective,
lost, or destroyed, may apply to the police department of the jurisdiction in which the
vehicle is located for authority to transfer the vehicle to an automotive dismantler [or]
AND recycler or scrap processor.

(b) The application shall include:

(1) The name and address of the applicant;

(2) The year, make, model, and vehicle identification number of the
vehicle, if ascertainable, and any other identifying features of the vehicle;

(3) A concise statement of the facts about the abandonment of the vehicle
or the loss, destruction, or defect of the certificate of title of the vehicle; and

(4) An affidavit stating that the facts alleged in the application are true
and that no material fact has been withheld.

(c) If a police department finds that the application is executed in proper form
and shows either that the vehicle has been abandoned on the property of the applicant
or, if the vehicle is not abandoned, that the applicant appears to be the rightful owner,
the police department shall follow the notification procedures of §§ 25-204 and 25-205
of this subtitle.

(c-l) If the applicant submits with the application documentary proof that the
notification procedures of §§ 25-204 and 25-205 already have been complied with, the
police department may accept the document as proof of compliance and the department
is not required to provide this notification.

(d) (1) If an abandoned vehicle is not reclaimed in the time required by this
subtitle, the police department shall give the applicant a certificate of authority to
transfer the vehicle to any automotive dismantler [or] AND recycler or scrap processor
for dismantling, destroying, SALVAGING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 13 507 OF
THIS ARTICLE, or scrapping.:

(I) ANY AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND RECYCLER FOR:
1. DISMANTLING, DESTROYING, OR SCRAPPING; OR

2. SALVAGING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 13-507 OF
THIS ARTICLE; OR

(II) ANY SCRAP PROCESSOR FOR DISMANTLING,
DESTROYING, OR SCRAPPING.

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