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ity 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 fea-
tures, 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) [subsections (a) and (b)]
of this section.

(4)    If an abandoned motor vehicle is not reclaimed in accordance
with subsection (c) [subsections (a) and (b)], the police depart-
ment shall give the applicant a certificate of authority to sell the
motor vehicle to any wrecker or scrap processor for demolition,
wrecking, or dismantling. The wrecker or scrap processor shall ac-
cept such certificate 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 whose title cer-
tificate is faulty, or destroyed may dispose of the motor vehicle to a
wrecker or scrap processor without the title and without notification
procedures of subsection (c) [subsections (a) and (b)] of this sec-
tion, if the motor vehicle is over eight years old and has no engine
or is otherwise totally inoperable.

(g) Definitions.—For the purposes of this section the following
shall apply:

(1)    "Police department" means the Department of Maryland
State Police or any police department of a county, city or town and
in Baltimore City the agency designated by the board of estimates.

(2)    "Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is
inoperable and is left unattended on public property for more than
forty-eight hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained illegally on
public property for a period of more than forty-eight hours, or a
motor vehicle that has remained on private property without the
consent of the owner or person in control of the property for more
than forty-eight hours. (1969, ch. 556; 1970, ch. 534, § 1)

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.