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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="25-208" 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>In this section, “abandoned” means abandoned in a garage, as described in § 25-201(b)(4), (5), or (6) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A garage keeper shall report any vehicle abandoned in the garage to the appropriate police department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any garage keeper who fails to report the vehicle within 10 days after it becomes abandoned no longer has any claim for servicing, storage, or repair of the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The police department may take the abandoned vehicle into custody and sell it in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subtitle, unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The vehicle is reclaimed by the owner or secured party; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The garage keeper is paid.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>As to the proceeds of the sale:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>They shall be applied, first, to the garage keeper’s charges for servicing, storage, or repair; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any surplus proceeds shall be distributed in accordance with § 25-207(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section does not impair any:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Lien of a garage keeper under the laws of this State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The right of any secured party to foreclose.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
