Sec. 16. (a) If after twenty-four (24) hours the person who owns a vehicle believed to be abandoned on private property has not removed the vehicle from the private property, the person who owns or controls the private property on which the vehicle is believed to be abandoned may have the vehicle towed from the private property.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in an emergency situation a vehicle believed to be abandoned on private property may be removed immediately. As used in this subsection, "emergency situation" means that the presence of the vehicle believed to be abandoned interferes physically with the conduct of normal business operations of the person who owns or controls the private property or poses a threat to the safety or security of persons or property, or both.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-9-1.1-5.5(c).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.130-1995, SEC.2; P.L.108-2001, SEC.4; P.L.104-2005, SEC.6; P.L.191-2007, SEC.12; P.L.54-2009, SEC.8; P.L.262-2013, SEC.105.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 22. Abandoned, Salvaged, and Scrap Vehicles
9-22-1-1. Application of Chapter
9-22-1-5. Discovery of Possession by Person Other Than Vehicle Owner
9-22-1-7. Inability to Determine Ownership; Declaring Vehicle Abandoned
9-22-1-11. Tagging Abandoned Vehicle or Parts
9-22-1-12. Officer's Abandoned Vehicle Report; Photographs
9-22-1-13. Disposal of Vehicle or Parts; Retention of Records and Photographs by Bureau
9-22-1-14. Duties of Tagging Officer; Towing and Storage of Vehicle or Parts
9-22-1-15. Discovery of Vehicle Abandoned on Private Property
9-22-1-16. Towing Vehicle From Private Property
9-22-1-17. Notice to Bureau Given by Service Towing Vehicle From Rental Property
9-22-1-18. Complaint by Person Owning or Controlling Private Property
9-22-1-19. National Data Base Search; Notification; Storage Costs
9-22-1-21. Means of Vehicle Identification Not Available; Disposal Without Notice
9-22-1-21.5. Liens on Vehicles; Public Sale or Auction; Civil Damages
9-22-1-23. Public Sale by Unit or Holder of Mechanic's Lien; Notice
9-22-1-24. Purchasers at Public Sales; Bill of Sale; Fees; Roadworthiness of Vehicle
9-22-1-25. Payment of Removal, Storage, and Disposition Costs; Cost Limits
9-22-1-26. Sale Proceeds Credited Against Removal, Storage, and Disposition Costs
9-22-1-30. Fiscal Body Procedures Established by Ordinance; Abandoned Vehicle Fund
9-22-1-31. Public Agencies; Personnel, Property, and Towing Contracts; Fiscal Body Ordinances
9-22-1-32. Liability for Loss or Damage to Vehicle or Vehicle Parts