Alaska Administrative Code
Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities
Chapter 45 - Rural Airports
Article 1 - Rural Airports Generally
17 AAC 45.115 - Unauthorized parking and impound
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the following impound procedure applies to aircraft and vehicles parked in violation of this chapter, aircraft and vehicles that are derelict as described in (h) of this section, and other personal property abandoned on an airport:
(b) If an airport manager determines that an emergency or threat to public safety exists and would be materially reduced by impound of property on an airport, the manager shall immediately impound the property and attempt to identify and notify the owner after the property has been impounded. In addition, where a sign, signal, or other traffic control device indicates that parking is prohibited and subject to towing and impound, the manager shall immediately impound a vehicle left unattended and attempt to identify and notify the owner after the property has been impounded.
(c) After impounding property under (a) or (b) of this section, the manager shall, unless it is impractical to do so,
(d) A person who leaves property subject to impound on an airport does so at the person's own risk.
(e) The department will charge the following storage fees:
(f) The owner of, operator of, or agent for property that is impounded may redeem the property from the department only after paying the applicable fee assessed under (e) of this section, plus any costs that the department has incurred in connection with the impound, including towing, legal, and administrative costs.
(g) Property not redeemed within 90 days after impoundment is considered permanently abandoned. Unless applicable law provides otherwise, the department may sell under 17 AAC 45.710, dispose of, destroy, donate, or retain for the department any property that is permanently abandoned, and retain any proceeds from the sale of such property. The department may seek reimbursement for any costs that the department incurs in connection with an impoundment, including towing, legal, and administrative costs, from a person who owns property as of the date that the property is considered permanently abandoned on an airport under this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, an aircraft or vehicle is derelict if its presence and location at the airport is not expressly authorized by the airport manager and it is, or reasonably gives the appearance of being, forsaken, abandoned, deserted, or cast away; an aircraft is presumed to be derelict if the aircraft has been non-airworthy on an airport for a period of 30 consecutive days or more and a vehicle is presumed to be derelict if the vehicle has been inoperable on an airport for the same minimum period.
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