If any vehicle is left unattended on any public road, highway, or highway right–of–way of this state, for a longer period than twenty–four hours without notifying the sheriff, highway patrol office of the county, a peace officer of the municipality, or the appropriate municipal officials where the vehicle is parked it is an abandoned vehicle and is subject to the provisions of §§ 32-30-13 to 32-30-18, inclusive, or to chapter 32-36 for the purposes of being titled by a removal agency.

Source: SL 1967, ch 211, § 1; SL 1988, ch 270, § 2.