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<section number="26-142.09" name="Notification by publication" law="code" slug="sec-26-142.09" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_26VETR_DIV10TOIMMOVEPRPR_S26-142.09NOPU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This Section shall apply if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The identity of the last registered owner of an impounded vehicle cannot be determined;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The registration of the vehicle gives no address for the owner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>It is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of each secured party; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The certified mail notice required by Section 26-142.08 of this Division is returned as undeliverable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Under Subsection (a)(1) of this Section, the towing company shall give the notice provided for in Section 26-142.08 by publication in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in Prince George's County, Maryland.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The notice by publication:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall contain the information required by Section 26-142.08 of this Division; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall be published within fifteen (15) days of the taking into custody of the vehicle or, if the notice by publication is made because of the return as undeliverable of a prior notice by registered mail, within seven (7) days of the return of that prior notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
