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(b) Any peace officer, or employee authorized in writing by the Director of the Department of Public Works, who finds that a vehicle has been parked for more than twenty-four (24) hours during the period beginning at 12 o’clock midnight Sunday through 12 o’clock midnight Friday, or for more than forty-eight (48) hours from 12 o’clock midnight Friday through 12 o’clock midnight Sunday, shall remove or order a licensed garage man to remove the vehicle from the public or private property. Such vehicle shall be stored in either a police parking area, a garage, or a licensed public garage.
(c) (1) Within five (5) days after an abandoned vehicle has been removed and stored, the Director of Revenue and Taxation shall send a notice by certified mail of the removal and storage to the owner or legal owner, if any, as shown in the records of the Department of Revenue and Taxation.
(2) The owner or legal owner shall have ten (10) days after the mailing of the notice to reclaim such vehicle upon payment of all accrued towing and storage charges.
(d) If such vehicle is not reclaimed within the ten (10) day period provided in Subsection (c) of this Section, the Director of Revenue and Taxation or his authorized representative shall appraise the vehicle.
(1) If the vehicle is appraised at a value of One Hundred Dollars ($100) or less, the Director of Revenue and Taxation may sell such vehicle to any licensed junk dealer without the necessity of public sale.
(2) Any such sale shall be for junk or salvage purposes only, and not for further registration and operation as a vehicle.
(3) If the vehicle is appraised at a value exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100), the Director of Revenue and Taxation may sell such vehicle at public sale after giving ten (10) days notice of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in Guam.
(4) The proceeds of each sale shall be deposited in the
Abandoned Vehicle and Streetlight Fund.
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(5) Any balance, after deduction for the cost of sale, towing and storage charges, shall be paid to the owner or legal owner of such vehicle, provided a claim is made therefor within six (6) months after the sale.
(e) A violation of this Section shall be additionally punished by a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), payable to the Public Rights-Of-Way Account of the Territorial Highway Fund.
(f) It shall be a new violation for each thirty (30) day period the owner fails to lawfully dispose of the vehicle.
SOURCE: GC § 23151, enacted by P.L. 6-056 (Feb. 13, 1962) as amended by P.L. 12-155 (July 10, 1974) and P.L. 16-111:II:14 (Oct. 7, 1982). Subsection (b) amended by P.L. 32-028:3 (May 10, 2013). Subsection (e) added by P.L. 32-028:4 (May 10, 2013).
2015 NOTE: Subitem designations were added in subsections (c) and (d), and subsection (f) added to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme pursuant to authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.