# Transportation (GTR)

## Title 25. Vehicle Laws -- Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities; Disposition of Abandoned Vehicles

### Subtitle 2. Abandoned Vehicles

#### Section 25-205

(a) This section applies if:

  (1) The identity of the last registered owner of an abandoned vehicle cannot be determined;

  (2) The registration of the vehicle gives no address for the owner;

  (3) It is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of each secured party;

  (4) The certified mail notice required by Sec. 25-204 of this subtitle is returned as undeliverable; or

  (5) The electronic notices authorized under Sec. 25-204(a)(2) or (3) of this subtitle are not acknowledged or are returned as undeliverable.

(b) Under one of the conditions described in subsection (a) of this section, a police department that takes an abandoned vehicle into custody shall give the required notice by posting a notice complying with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section in the circuit court of the county where the abandoned vehicle was found.

(c) The notice:

  (1) May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles;

  (2) Shall contain the information required by Sec. 25-204 of this subtitle; and

  (3) Shall be posted:

    (i) Within 15 days of the taking into custody of the vehicle; or

    (ii) If the notice by posting under this section is made because of the return as undeliverable of a prior notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, within 7 days of the return of that prior notice.

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Md. Code Ann., Transp. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)