Title 55, Motor and Other Vehicles

A garagekeeper may remove and secure a firearm left in a stored motor vehicle if the firearm can be removed without causing damage to the motor vehicle. If removed, the firearm must be tagged or logged in a manner to tie it to the vehicle from which it was removed, and the firear…

(a) It is an offense for any person to boot a motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, a tractor or trailer, as those terms are defined in § 55-8-101, in this state, if the motor vehicle is clearly identifiable by:(1) A United States department of transportation (USDOT) numb…

(1) A commercial parking lot owner shall not utilize an automatic license plate reader to enforce the commercial parking lot owner's parking requirements without first posting signage that:(1) Is designed and placed in a manner that ensures clear visibility and readability by con…

(a) A commercial parking lot owner shall not charge a penalty for nonpayment of parking fees unless:(1) The commercial parking lot owner posts signage that:(A) Is designed and placed in a manner that ensures clear visibility and readability by consumers parking in the commercial …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person shall not tow a motor vehicle without express written authorization by the owner or authorized agent of the owner of the motor vehicle unless:(1) (A) An owner or authorized agent of the owner of a commercial parking lot …

(a) Notwithstanding this part or title 66, chapter 19, part 1, a garagekeeper shall not store a motor vehicle unless the garagekeeper first obtains the express written authorization for storage of the motor vehicle from a law enforcement officer with appropriate jurisdiction, the…

(a) Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, a towing company shall not make, confer, or offer any payment or other pecuniary benefit to an owner or manager of property from which the company has towed a motor vehicle with the intent of rewarding the owner or manager for ref…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a garagekeeper shall not charge the owner or lienholder of a stored motor vehicle a storage fee for a period exceeding twenty-one (21) days without the consent of the owner or lienholder, unless the owner or lienholder has been no…

(a) A law enforcement agency may take into custody, or utilize a garagekeeper to take into custody, a motor vehicle found abandoned, immobile, or used in curbstoning, or the agency may provide notice that the motor vehicle is abandoned, immobile, or being used in curbstoning prio…

(a) (1) Prior to ninety (90) days after the motor vehicle portal created pursuant to § 55-31-104 is operational and available for use, when any person other than a law enforcement agency or other public agency takes possession of a motor vehicle found abandoned or immobile, the a…

(a) If an abandoned or immobile motor vehicle has not been reclaimed as provided for in § 55-31-301 or § 55-31-302, then the law enforcement agency or garagekeeper must sell the abandoned or immobile motor vehicle at a public auction. (b) The purchaser of the motor vehicle takes …

(a) Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, the law enforcement agency through its chief officer, after complying with § 55-31-301, may execute a written waiver of its right to sell a vehicle taken into custody under this chapter in favor of a garagekeeper in whose possessi…

(a) A person upon whose property or in whose possession is found an abandoned or immobile motor vehicle, or a person being the owner of a motor vehicle whose title certificate is faulty, lost, or destroyed, may apply to the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the …

(a) A demolisher who purchases or otherwise acquires a motor vehicle for purposes of wrecking, dismantling, or demolition is not required to obtain a certificate of title for the motor vehicle in the demolisher's name. After the motor vehicle has been demolished, processed, or ch…