Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Abandoned Vehicles
9-22-1-4. Responsibility and Liability of Owner of Abandoned Vehicle or Parts; Limitation of Costs for Storage

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), the owner of an abandoned vehicle or parts is:
(1) responsible for the abandonment; and
(2) liable for all of the costs incidental to the removal, storage, and disposal;
of the vehicle or the parts under this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the costs for storage of an abandoned vehicle may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(c) The costs for storage of an abandoned vehicle with a length of at least thirty (30) feet may not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(d) If an abandoned vehicle is sold by a person who removed, towed, or stored the vehicle, the person who previously owned the vehicle is not responsible for storage fees.
(e) If an abandoned vehicle is sold by a person who removed, towed, or stored the vehicle, and proceeds from the sale of the vehicle covered the removal, towing, sale disposal, and storage expenses, any remaining proceeds from the sale of the vehicle shall be returned as described in this chapter or IC 9-22-6, whichever is applicable.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-9-1.1-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.104-2005, SEC.3; P.L.191-2007, SEC.7; P.L.125-2012, SEC.113; P.L.157-2017, SEC.2; P.L.127-2021, SEC.5.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 9. Motor Vehicles

Article 22. Abandoned, Salvaged, and Scrap Vehicles

Chapter 1. Abandoned Vehicles

9-22-1-0.3. Placement of Notice Tags for Abandoned Vehicles; Required Information on Notice Tag; Towing Service Recovery of Costs

9-22-1-1. Application of Chapter

9-22-1-2. "Officer"

9-22-1-3. "Public Agency"

9-22-1-3.5. "Storage Yard"

9-22-1-4. Responsibility and Liability of Owner of Abandoned Vehicle or Parts; Limitation of Costs for Storage

9-22-1-5. Discovery of Possession by Person Other Than Vehicle Owner

9-22-1-6. Repealed

9-22-1-7. Inability to Determine Ownership; Declaring Vehicle Abandoned

9-22-1-8. Release to Owner or Lienholder of Stored Vehicle; Required Notification; Fees; Payments; Business Hours

9-22-1-9. Repealed

9-22-1-10. Repealed

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

9-22-1-20. Repealed

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

9-22-1-22. Repealed

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

9-22-1-27. Sales by City, County, or Town; Deposit of Proceeds; Payment of Public Agency Costs; Appropriations

9-22-1-28. Repealed

9-22-1-29. Repealed

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