Title 39, Title 39 Utilities and Carriers

TO: (LAST REGISTERED OWNER AND KNOWN LIENHOLDERS) You are hereby given notice that a ________ (year, make, and model of vehicle) serial number ________ , is being stored at ________ (name, address and telephone number of storage facility). The vehicle is in the possession of ____…

TO: (LAST REGISTERED OWNER AND KNOWN LIENHOLDER) You are hereby given notice that no complaint having been filed and the vehicle not having been claimed or possession retaken or arranged for in accordance with the notice given on ________ (date of first notice) that recovery, tow…

The public utilities administrator shall supervise, regulate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning as set forth in this section. (1) “Abandoned vehicle” means (i) A vehicle that is inoperable and more than eight (8) years old and is left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight (48) hours; or (i…

(a) Any member of any police department or the owner or person in control of private property may order the removal of any abandoned or unattended vehicle, or any member of any police department, upon completion of a vehicle survey report, as defined in this chapter, may order th…

(a) A certificated tower removing an abandoned or unattended vehicle shall notify within two (2) hours thereof, the police department of the city or town from which the vehicle is towed, and shall provide: (1) The year, make, model, and serial number of the vehicle; (2) The name,…

(a) If an abandoned, abandoned and of no value, or unattended vehicle, as defined in § 39-12.1-2, is at least ten (10) years old or less than ten (10) years old and has an altered vehicle identification number; has not been registered within one year; has no established fair mark…

Any certificated tower coming into possession of a vehicle in any lawful manner shall have a possessory lien on the vehicle and registration plates, so long as it retains possession, and if it has conformed in full with the provisions of §§ 39-12.1-4 and 39-12.1-8. The lien shall…

Any certificated tower in possession of any vehicle subject to a possessory lien for a period in excess of thirty (30) consecutive days, and not having been compensated in accordance with its published tariff, is authorized to give notice and proceed to foreclosure as provided in…

(a) Prior to enforcement of its possessory lien as provided in § 39-12.1-9, the certificated tower shall give notice by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last-known registered owner and all known lienholders of record, at the address shown on the records of the ap…

(a) Any vehicle subject to a possessory lien as provided for in § 39-12.1-6, not redeemed by its owner within a period of ten (10) days from the date of the notice sent in conformity with § 39-12.1-8(a) or sixty (60) days from the date of notice sent in conformity with §§ 39-12.1…