35 Miss. Code. R. 7-06-01-101

Current through December 10, 2024
Section 35-7-06-01-101

An abandoned motor vehicle means a vehicle that:

1. Has been left by the owner or on the owner's behalf with an automobile dealer, repairman, or wrecker service and has not been picked up by the owner within forty (40) days from the agreed retrieval date. If there is no agreed retrieval date, the forty (40) days begins the day the vehicle is turned over to the dealer, repairman or wrecker service;
2. Is left unattended on a public street, road or highway or other public property for at least five (5) days; or
3. Has been lawfully towed to property owned by someone other than the vehicle owner, at the written request of a law enforcement officer and left there for at least forty (40) days without anyone claiming the vehicle.

35 Miss. Code. R. 7-06-01-101

Amended 8/1/2019