This bill regulates the towing, impounding, reclaiming, and selling of abandoned vehicles in Iowa.

This bill rewrites and reorganizes current Code section 321.89, regulating the towing, impounding, reclaiming, and selling of abandoned vehicles, and providing required notice. It defines an abandoned vehicle as one left on public property for over 24 hours without registration plates or operable wheels, or illegally parked on private property for over 24 hours. The bill mandates that police authorities or garagekeepers notify the vehicle owner and lienholder within 20 days of impounding.

This bill regulates the towing, impounding, reclaiming, and selling of abandoned vehicles in Iowa.

This bill rewrites and reorganizes current Code section 321.89, regulating the towing, impounding, reclaiming, and selling of abandoned vehicles, and providing required notice. It defines an abandoned vehicle as one left on public property for over 24 hours without registration plates or operable wheels, or illegally parked on private property for over 24 hours. The bill mandates that police authorities or garagekeepers notify the vehicle owner and lienholder within 20 days of impounding.