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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="25-205" 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>This section applies if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The identity of the last registered owner of an abandoned 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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The certified mail notice required by § 25–204 of this subtitle is returned as undeliverable; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The electronic notices authorized under § 25–204(a)(2) or (3) of this subtitle are not acknowledged or are returned as undeliverable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The notice:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May contain multiple listings of abandoned vehicles;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall contain the information required by § 25–204 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Shall be posted:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Within 15 days of the taking into custody of the vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
