MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Abandoned Motor Vehicles: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Definitions; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Lien Foreclosure Procedure; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Duty of Person Removing or Storing Motor Vehicle; Provide Provision Relating to the Towing or Immobilization of Motor Vehicles in Paid Private Parking Facilities Located Within Five-hundred Feet of an Establishment Which Sells Alcohol for Consumption on the Premises

Authors

Amy E. Sullivan

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act simplifies and clarifies certain provisions relating to the definition of abandoned motor vehicle. The Act changes certain provisions relating to the duty of persons removing or storing abandoned motor vehicles. The Act adds a new section, which provides that the owner of a paid private parking lot or paid private parking facility located within five-hundred feet of a drinking establishment, which sells alcohol to be consumed on the premises, may not tow or immobilize or cause to be towed or immobilized a vehicle left on the lot between midnight and noon. Additionally, the new section allows the owner or operator of the lot to charge a reasonable fee for vehicles left on the lot. Finally, the new section provides that business owners and residents are not prohibited from removing motor vehicles from their property.

Recommended Citation

Amy E. Sullivan, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC Abandoned Motor Vehicles: Change Certain Provisions Relating to Definitions; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Lien Foreclosure Procedure; Change Certain Provisions Relating to Duty of Person Removing or Storing Motor Vehicle; Provide Provision Relating to the Towing or Immobilization of Motor Vehicles in Paid Private Parking Facilities Located Within Five-hundred Feet of an Establishment Which Sells Alcohol for Consumption on the Premises, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2002).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol19/iss1/3