§ 39-12.1-1. Declaration of purpose and policy. The legislature hereby finds the following legislation to be in the public interest for these reasons: WHEREAS, A tow truck in the hands of an incompetent operator is a dangerous instrumentality; and WHEREAS, The public has an inherent right to ready access to the name, location, and telephone […]
§ 39-12.1-10. Special procedures regarding the disposal of abandoned vehicles of no value. Notwithstanding any provision of the general laws to the contrary, a police department that orders the removal of or takes into custody an abandoned vehicle of no value shall hold the vehicle for a period of not less than ten (10) days. […]
§ 39-12.1-11. Preexisting impoundments. Any certificated tower having in its possession any vehicle for sixty (60) days or longer, of whatever value and regardless of how it came legally into possession thereof, is hereby presumed to have a valid possessory lien on the vehicle and may proceed to foreclosure after giving notice as provided in […]
§ 39-12.1-12. Private trespass towing. (a) The owner or person in control of any parcel of property may cause to be removed from the property vehicles trespassing upon the property without the consent of the owner or person in control of the property by retaining, in writing, a certificated tower to remove the trespassing vehicle […]
§ 39-12.1-13. Form of notice. TO: (LAST REGISTERED OWNER AND KNOWN LIENHOLDERS) You are hereby given notice that a ________ (year, make, and model of vehicle) serial number ________ , is being stored at ________ (name, address and telephone number of storage facility). The vehicle is in the possession of ________ (name, address and telephone […]
§ 39-12.1-14. Form of foreclosure notice. TO: (LAST REGISTERED OWNER AND KNOWN LIENHOLDER) You are hereby given notice that no complaint having been filed and the vehicle not having been claimed or possession retaken or arranged for in accordance with the notice given on ________ (date of first notice) that recovery, towing, and storage charges […]
§ 39-12.1-15. Enforcement and administration of chapter. The public utilities administrator shall supervise, regulate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 328, § 1.
§ 39-12.1-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning as set forth in this section. (1) “Abandoned vehicle” means (i) A vehicle that is inoperable and more than eight (8) years old and is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight (48) hours; or (ii) A vehicle […]
§ 39-12.1-3. Removal of abandoned, abandoned and of no value, and unattended vehicles. (a) Any member of any police department or the owner or person in control of private property may order the removal of any abandoned or unattended vehicle, or any member of any police department, upon completion of a vehicle survey report, as […]
§ 39-12.1-4. Notice and processing of abandoned and unclaimed motor vehicles by certificated tower. (a) A certificated tower removing an abandoned or unattended vehicle shall notify within two (2) hours thereof, the police department of the city or town from which the vehicle is towed, and shall provide: (1) The year, make, model, and serial […]
§ 39-12.1-5. Special procedure regarding certain abandoned vehicles. (a) If an abandoned, abandoned and of no value, or unattended vehicle, as defined in § 39-12.1-2, is at least ten (10) years old or less than ten (10) years old and has an altered vehicle identification number; has not been registered within one year; has no […]
§ 39-12.1-6. Possessory lien. Any certificated tower coming into possession of a vehicle in any lawful manner shall have a possessory lien on the vehicle and registration plates, so long as it retains possession, and if it has conformed in full with the provisions of §§ 39-12.1-4 and 39-12.1-8. The lien shall be in an […]
§ 39-12.1-7. Thirty (30) day waiting period. Any certificated tower in possession of any vehicle subject to a possessory lien for a period in excess of thirty (30) consecutive days, and not having been compensated in accordance with its published tariff, is authorized to give notice and proceed to foreclosure as provided in §§ 39-12.1-8 […]
§ 39-12.1-8. Notice prior to enforcement of possessory lien. (a) Prior to enforcement of its possessory lien as provided in § 39-12.1-9, the certificated tower shall give notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last-known registered owner and all known lienholders of record, at the address shown on the records of the appropriate […]
§ 39-12.1-9. Foreclosure of lien. (a) Any vehicle subject to a possessory lien as provided for in § 39-12.1-6, not redeemed by its owner within a period of ten (10) days from the date of the notice sent in conformity with § 39-12.1-8(a) or sixty (60) days from the date of notice sent in conformity […]
