Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
Chapter 85 - VEHICLE STORAGE FACILITIES
Section 85.704 - Responsibilities of Licensee - Second Notice; Consent to Sale
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) If a vehicle is not claimed by a person permitted to claim the vehicle before the 10th day after the date notice is mailed or published under §85.703, the operator of the VSF shall consider the vehicle to be abandoned and, if required by the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction where the vehicle is located, must report the abandonment to the law enforcement agency. If the law enforcement agency notifies the VSF that the agency will send notices and dispose of the abandoned vehicle under Subchapter B, Chapter 683, Transportation Code, the VSF shall pay the fee required under Section RSA 683.031, Transportation Code.
(b) If the vehicle is not claimed, the second notice shall be sent no earlier than the 15th day, and no later than the 21st day, after the date the first notice is mailed or published under §85.703. The operator of a VSF shall send a second notice to the registered owner and each recorded lienholder of the vehicle if the facility:
(c) If the VSF sends a second notice after the 21st day on which the first notice was mailed or published, it may not charge a daily storage fee authorized under §RSA 85.722(d) until 24 hours after the second notice is mailed or published.
(d) Notice under this section must include:
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if publication is required for notice under this section, the notice must include:
(f) The operator shall pay any excess proceeds to the person entitled to those proceeds.