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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="25-202" title_number="25" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Abandoned Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not abandon a vehicle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On any public property; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On any property other than his own without the permission of the owner or lessee of the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The last known registered owner of an abandoned vehicle is considered to be the prima facie owner of the vehicle at the time it was abandoned and the person who abandoned it.</text>
  </level>
</section>
