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IN HB1356

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2019

Primary Sponsor

Robert Morris

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Owners or last titled owners who fail to claim their vehicle before it goes to public sale commit a Class C infraction under Indiana law

  • Exemption applies to previous owners who transferred both the vehicle and title to a buyer and possess a valid record of sale documenting the transaction

  • Valid records of sale include either a reassigned title photocopy or a form document containing the buyer's name, address, signature, driver's license number, and sale date

  • Public agencies must reimburse all storage and release costs to vehicle owners if the agency removed the vehicle before the statutory waiting period expired

  • Effective date: July 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Abandoned vehicles. Provides that an owner or last titled owner of a motor vehicle commits a Class C infraction when the owner or last titled owner of the motor vehicle abandons the vehicle. Requires a public agency that removes an abandoned vehicle earlier than allowed under statute to reimburse all costs paid by a person to release the vehicle from storage.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation

1/14/2019

Committee Referrals

Roads and Transportation1/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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