§ 31-42-2. Authority to take possession of abandoned motor vehicles and abandoned motor vehicles of no value.
(a) A police department may, upon completion of a vehicle survey report, take into custody any motor vehicle found abandoned on public or private property. A police department may employ its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or authorize persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving and storing abandoned motor vehicles.
(b) The police shall post or attach to the vehicle, forty-eight (48) hours prior to towing, a notification of an abandoned vehicle indicating the vehicle will be towed.
History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 191, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-42 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles
Section 31-42-1. - Definitions.
Section 31-42-3. - Notification of owner and lienholders.
Section 31-42-3.1. - Repealed.
Section 31-42-4. - Auction of abandoned motor vehicles.
Section 31-42-5. - Garage keepers and abandoned motor vehicles.
Section 31-42-6. - Unlicensed junkyards.
Section 31-42-7. - Disposal to demolishers.
Section 31-42-8. - Duties of demolishers.
Section 31-42-9. - Unidentifiable motor vehicles and/or parts.