§ 46-175. Disposal by demolition.  


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  • (a)

    If an abandoned motor vehicle is not reclaimed in accordance with section 46-172, the state department of highways and public transportation, on notification of that fact by the applicant, shall issue the applicant a certificate of authority to sell the motor vehicle to a demolisher for demolition, wrecking or dismantling. A demolisher shall accept the certificate in lieu of the certificate of title to the motor vehicle.

    (b)

    The state department of highways and public transportation may issue the applicant a certificate of authority to dispose of the motor vehicle to a demolisher without following the notification procedures of section 46-172 if the motor vehicle is more than eight years old and has no engine or is otherwise totally inoperable.

    (c)

    A person in possession of an abandoned vehicle that was authorized to be towed in by the police department and that is more than eight years old and has no engine or is otherwise totally inoperable may, on affidavit of that fact and approval of the police department, apply to the state department of highways and public transportation for a certificate of authority to dispose of the vehicle to a demolisher for demolition, wrecking or dismantling only.

State law reference

Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 4477-9a, §§ 5.06(d)—(f).