Arizona Laws 28-4840. Report; vehicle abandoned in repair facility; disposition
A. A vehicle that is left in a repair facility operated for commercial purposes for more than ten days after notice to pick up the vehicle has been mailed to the owner by certified restricted mail to be delivered to the addressee only, return receipt requested, at the address listed on the vehicle registration is deemed an abandoned vehicle. Unless the vehicle is left under a written or oral contract for repair, the party in possession of such a vehicle shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-4840
- Abandoned vehicle: means a vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is of a type subject to registration under this title whether lost, stolen, abandoned or otherwise unclaimed and that has been abandoned on a public highway, public property or elsewhere in this state, including private property. See Arizona Laws 28-4801
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Operator: means a person who drives a motor vehicle on a highway, who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Owner: means :
(a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
1. Report the vehicle to the director.
2. File all other applicable documents.
3. Pay all fees prescribed by this title.
B. Except if the vehicle inspection prescribed in section 28-4834 is not completed within the prescribed time period due to no fault of the person, an operator of a repair facility who fails to make the report to the director by the end of the succeeding thirty days forfeits all claims for towing, repair estimates or storage of the vehicle.
C. A vehicle that is abandoned by being left in a repair facility as provided by this section shall be disposed of pursuant to sections 28-4841 and 28-4842.
D. This section does not impair any lien of a proprietor of a garage or repair or service station under the laws of this state or the right of a lienholder to foreclose, and a proprietor of a garage or repair or service station shall not use this section instead of section 33-1022. For the purposes of this subsection, "service station" means a place operated primarily for the purpose of delivering motor vehicle fuel into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles.