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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="25-206" 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>If the owner or secured party fails to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within 3 weeks after notice is given under this subtitle, the owner or secured party is deemed to have waived all of the owner’s or secured party’s right, title, and interest in the vehicle and to have consented to the sale of the vehicle at public auction, and the owner other than a lessor is deemed to have consented to the retention of the vehicle for public purposes as provided in § 25-207 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In Baltimore City and Montgomery County, if the owner or secured party fails to reclaim an abandoned vehicle within 11 working days after receipt of notice given under § 25-204(b)(4)(ii) of this subtitle, the owner or secured party is deemed to have waived all of the owner’s or secured party’s right, title, and interest in the vehicle and to have consented to the sale of the vehicle at public auction, and the owner other than a lessor is deemed to have consented to the retention of the vehicle for public purposes as provided in § 25-207 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
