(a) A vehicle registered or titled as required under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.10 that reasonably appears to have been left unattended, standing, parked upon or within 10 feet of the traveled portion of a highway or vehicular way or area in excess of 48 hours, or a vehicle registered or titled as required under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.10 that reasonably appears to have been left standing or parked on private property in excess of 24 hours or upon other public property for more than 30 days, without the consent of the owner or person in charge of the property, notwithstanding other statutory provisions, may be removed under Alaska Stat. § 28.11.030 and treated as an abandoned vehicle, unless the vehicle is reclaimed and removed before removal occurs under Alaska Stat. § 28.11.030. The department for good cause may make provisions for parking of vehicles on state property other than specified in this section and under the provisions of Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 28.11.020

  • department: means the Department of Administration. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way that is publicly maintained when a part of it is open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel, including but not limited to every street and the Alaska state marine highway system but not vehicular ways or areas. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle, including but not limited to a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but exclusive of a lessee under a lease not intended as security. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • vehicle: means a device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway or vehicular way or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
  • vehicular way or area: means a way, path, or area, other than a highway or private property, that is designated by official traffic control devices or customary usage and that is open to the public for purposes of pedestrian or vehicular travel, and which way or area may be restricted in use to pedestrians, bicycles, or other specific types of vehicles as determined by the Department of Public Safety or other agency having jurisdiction over the way, path, or area. See Alaska Statutes 28.90.990
(b) Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a wrecked or junk vehicle that reasonably appears to have been left unattended, standing, parked upon or within 10 feet of the traveled portion of a highway or vehicular way or area in excess of 24 hours, or a wrecked or junk vehicle that reasonably appears to have been left standing or parked on private property or other public property in excess of 24 hours and without the consent of the owner or person in charge of the property, may be removed under Alaska Stat. § 28.11.030 and treated as an abandoned vehicle, unless the vehicle is reclaimed and removed before removal occurs under Alaska Stat. § 28.11.030.
(c) In this section,

(1) “junk vehicle” means a vehicle that

(A) is not currently registered under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.10, except for a vehicle not currently registered under Alaska Stat. Chapter 28.10 and used exclusively for competitive racing;
(B) is stripped, wrecked, or otherwise inoperable due to mechanical failure;
(C) has not been repaired because of mechanical difficulties or because the cost of repairs required to make it operable exceeds the fair market value of the vehicle; or
(D) is in a condition that exhibits more than one of the following elements:

(i) broken glass;
(ii) missing wheels or tires;
(iii) missing body panels or parts; or
(iv) missing drive train parts.
(2) “wrecked vehicle” means a vehicle that is disabled and cannot be used as a vehicle without substantial repair or reconstruction.
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