MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        1297

demolished, processed or changed so that it physically is no longer
a vehicle, the scrap processor or wrecker shall surrender the certifi-

OTHER EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP ACCEPTABLE TO THE
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue such
forms, rules, and regulations as are appropriate governing the surren-
der of auction sales receipts and certificates of title.

(2) A WRECKER AND A scrap processor shall keep an accurate
and complete record of all motor vehicles purchased or received by
him in the course of his business. These records shall contain the name
and address of the person from whom each motor vehicle was
purchased or received and the date such purchases or receipts
occurred AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY
BE REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT. The records shall
be open for inspection by any police department at any time during
normal business hours. Any record required by this subsection shall
be kept by the scrap processor for at least one year THREE YEARS
after the transaction to which it applies.

(h) Any person who abandons a motor vehicle on any public
property or on any property other than his own without the permis-
sion of the owner or lessee of such property is guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof he shall be subject to a fine
not to exceed $200.00.

(i)    Any owner of a vehicle, or part BODY OR CHASSIS thereof,
which is to be scrapped, dismantled; or destroyed, who sells or trans-
fers the vehicle, or part thereof, to a wrecker OR SCRAP PROCES-
SOR as defined in this Article, shall endorse an assignment and war-
ranty of title on the certificate of title for such vehicle, or part BODY
OR CHASSIS thereof, and deliver the certificate of title at the time
of sale or transfer to the wrecker OR SCRAP PROCESSOR, whether
said certificate of title was issued by this State or any other state.

(I-1) ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION HOLDING
AN ASSIGNED CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OR ANY OTHER
SUCH EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP ACCEPTABLE TO THE
DEPARTMENT FOR A VEHICLE TO BE DESTROYED, WHO
SHALL SELL OR TRANSFER THE VEHICLE TO A
WRECKER OR SCRAP PROCESSOR, MAY ENDORSE A
RE-ASSIGNMENT AND WARRANTY OF TITLE UPON
FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT
THE NECESSITY OF PREVIOUSLY SECURING A CER-
TIFICATE OF TITLE IN THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE.

(j) (1) It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, on and
after January 1, 1969 1970, to store any vehicle, or part BODY OR
CHASSIS thereof, which is to be scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed,
on any private property for a period in excess of thirty days, unless
the person, firm, or corporation is licensed as a wrecker, as hereinafter
provided, or operates an establishment as a scrap processor.

(2)    From and after January 1, 1969 1970, licenses for wreckers
AND SCRAP PROCESSORS sha