WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 446

(c) In Baltimore City AND IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, a
police department or its agent may seek to recover costs of
impoundment, storage, and sale of a vehicle as provided by §§
25-206.1 and 25-206.2 of this subtitle. If a police department
or its agent seeks to apply the provisions of §§ 25-206.1 and
25-206.2 of this subtitle, the notice required by this section
shall also state that the failure of the owner or secured party
to exercise the right to reclaim the vehicle in the time provided
may cause:

(1)  Continuing liability of the owner for costs of:

(i) Impoundment;

(ii) Storage within the chargeable limit for
storage as provided in § 25-206.1(b) of this article; and

(iii) Sale of the vehicle; and

(2)  Denial of any application by the owner to renew
the registration of any vehicle as required by § 25-206.2 of this
subtitle.

25-206.1.

(a)  This section applies to any vehicle sold by a police
department of Baltimore City OR , PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, OR A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY under this
subtitle as an abandoned vehicle, and to any vehicle sold
pursuant to an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore OR , AN ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW ENACTED BY PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY, OR AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY governing vehicles that
are:

(1)  Abandoned and unclaimed;

(2)  Reported stolen, recovered, and subsequently
unclaimed; or

(3)   Involved in an accident, removed by police, and
subsequently unclaimed.

(b)  If the money collected from the sale of a vehicle
subject to this section is not enough to reimburse a police
department or its agent for the costs of towing, preserving, and
storing the vehicle and for the expenses of sale, including all
publication and notice costs, the last registered owner shall be
liable to the police department or its agent for the deficiency.
For purposes of this subsection, the costs chargeable to an owner
for the preservation and storage of a vehicle may not exceed
$300.

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