Section 8-6-413 - Authority to take possession of discarded items - Notice(a)(1) Any enforcement agency described in § 8-6-412 which has knowledge of, discovers, or finds any junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or inoperative or discarded household appliance on either public or private property may take it into custody and possession.(2) The enforcement agency may employ its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving, and storing junk motor vehicles, old vehicle tires, or inoperative or abandoned household appliances.(b)(1) However, before taking any junk motor vehicle into custody and possession from private property, the enforcement agency shall give the private property owner and the owner of the junk motor vehicle, if ascertainable, thirty (30) days' notice by registered or certified mail or seventy-two (72) hours' notice by personal service that such an action will be taken unless the junk motor vehicle is: (A) Restored to a functional use;(B) Disposed of by the owner in a manner not prohibited by this subchapter; or(C) Placed in an enclosed building.(2) The thirty-days' or seventy-two-hours' notice under subdivision (b)(1) of this section may be waived by the owners of the property.Acts 1977, No. 883, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-3912; Acts 2005, No. 1222, § 1.