Sec. 683.011. AUTHORITY TO TAKE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE INTO CUSTODY. (a) A law enforcement agency may take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor found on public or private property.
(b) A law enforcement agency may use agency personnel, equipment, and facilities or contract for other personnel, equipment, and facilities to remove, preserve, store, send notice regarding, and dispose of an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor taken into custody by the agency under this subchapter.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 737 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle H - Parking, Towing, and Storage of Vehicles
Chapter 683 - Abandoned Motor Vehicles
Subchapter B. Abandoned Motor Vehicles: Seizure and Auction
Section 683.011. Authority to Take Abandoned Motor Vehicle Into Custody
Section 683.012. Taking Abandoned Motor Vehicle Into Custody: Notice
Section 683.014. Auction or Use of Abandoned Items; Waiver of Rights
Section 683.015. Auction Proceeds
Section 683.016. Law Enforcement Agency Use of Certain Abandoned Motor Vehicles