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Ch. 601
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(3) License application procedures;
(4) License issuance procedures;
(5) License display requirements;
(6) License renewal procedures;
(7) License revocation or suspension procedures;
(8) Penalties for violation of the ordinance or regulations; and
(9) Any other administrative provisions that the County Commissioners
consider necessary.
[10. Motor Vehicles]
TITLE 7. MOTOR VEHICLES
[10-1.] 7-101. Abandoned motor vehicles.
(a) Removal and sale. If any motor vehicle is abandoned in Carroll County
[upon] ON any public road, highway, alley, parking lot, public property, or on any
private property of a person not its owner, in violation of any law or ordinance
regarding the parking of vehicles, or for an unreasonable length of time so as to
constitute a traffic hazard or a nuisance to the public or any citizen of the County, and
the owner cannot be located, any law enforcement officer of the County is authorized
to impound, remove and sell the motor vehicle at a public sale to be held not sooner
than thirty (30) days after the vehicle was impounded and removed. Notice of the sale
shall be given for two successive weeks [prior to] BEFORE the sale in one or more
newspapers published in the County, stating the time, place, and terms of sale, and
describing the motor vehicle to be sold. If the owner of the vehicle or any lien holder
can be determined, the notice of sale shall be sent to them by registered or certified
mail not later than ten (10) days [prior to] BEFORE the sale. When [any such] THE
motor vehicle is certified by two licensed automobile dealers in the county to have a
value of less than twenty-five dollars [($25.00)], any law enforcement officer may
impound, remove, sell at public or private sale or otherwise dispose of the [same]
VEHICLE provided only that notice [thereof] be affixed to the vehicle and, if the
owner of the vehicle or any lienholder can be determined, notice of sale or other
intended disposition shall be sent to them by registered or certified mail not later
than ten (10) days [prior to] BEFORE the sale or disposition.
(b) Distribution of proceeds. After deduction first of the costs of impounding,
removal and sale of the vehicle, and then payment of any liens on the vehicle, to the
extent funds are available, the surplus, if any, from the sale shall be paid over to the
Board of County Commissioners and deposited with a special fund.
(c) Refunds to owners. If at any time not to exceed one year after a sale, the
owner of a vehicle sold presents a claim to the County Commissioners for the excess of
the sale, and proof of [his] THE OWNER'S ownership of the vehicle sold, the
Commissioners shall pay the excess from the special fund to the owner of the vehicle
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