Sec. 27. (a) This section applies to sales of abandoned vehicles or parts by a city, county, or town.
(b) The proceeds from the sale of abandoned vehicles or parts, including:
(1) charges for bills of sale; and
(2) money received from persons who own or hold liens on vehicles for the cost of removal or storage of vehicles;
shall be deposited in the city's, county's, or town's abandoned vehicle fund by the fiscal officer of the city, county, or town.
(c) The costs incurred by a public agency in administering this chapter shall be paid from the abandoned vehicle fund.
(d) The fiscal body shall annually appropriate sufficient money to the fund to carry out this chapter. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a year remains in the fund and does not revert to the general fund.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (d), the fiscal body of a consolidated city may transfer money from the fund.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-9-1.1-14(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.85-1995, SEC.39; P.L.191-2007, SEC.18.
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