1296                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 556

this subsection, no longer has any claim for servicing, storage or
repair of the vehicle. All abandoned vehicles left in garages may be
taken into custody by the police department and sold in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this section, unless the motor vehicle
is reclaimed and garagekeeper is paid. The proceeds of the sale shall
be applied first to the garagekeeper's charges for servicing, storage,
or repair, and any surplus proceeds shall be distributed in accordance
with subsection (d) of this section. Nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to impair any lien of a garagekeeper under the laws
of this State, or the right of a lien holder to foreclose. For the
purposes of this subsection "garagekeeper" means any operator of a
parking place or establishment, motor vehicle storage facility, or
establishment for the servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor
vehicles.

(f) (1) Any person, firm, corporation, or unit of government upon
whose property or in whose possession is found any abandoned
motor vehicle, or any person being the owner of a motor vehicle
whose title certificate is faulty, lost or destroyed, may apply to the
police department of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is situated
for authority to sell, give away or dispose of the vehicle to a scrap
processor or wrecker.

(2)    The application shall set out the name and address of the
applicant, the year, make, model, and serial number of the motor
vehicle, if ascertainable, together with any other identifying features,
and shall contain a concise statement of the facts surrounding the
abandonment, or that the title of the motor vehicle is lost or
destroyed, or the reasons for the defect of title. The applicant shall
execute an affidavit stating that the facts alleged therein are true
and that no material fact has been withheld.

(3)    If the police department finds that the application is executed
in proper form and shows that the motor vehicle has been abandoned
upon the property of the applicant, or if it shows that the motor
vehicle is not abandoned but that the applicant appears to be the
rightful owner, the police department shall follow the notification
procedures set forth in subsection (c) of this section.

(4) If an abandoned motor vehicle is not reclaimed in accord-
ance with subsection (c), the police department shall give the appli-
cant a certificate of authority to sell the motor vehicle to any
WRECKER OR scrap processor for demolition, wrecking, or dis-
mantling. The WRECKER OR scrap processor shall accept such cer-
tificate in lieu of the certificate of title to the motor vehicle.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any
person, firm, corporation, or unit of government upon whose prop-
erty or in whose possession any abandoned motor vehicle is found,
or any person being the owner of a motor vehicle w