Section 55-31-301 - Unclaimed or abandoned vehicles - Custody - Removal - Reservation and storage

(a) A police department may take into custody a motor vehicle found abandoned, immobile, unattended, or used in curbstoning on public or private property; provided, that a motor vehicle used in curbstoning on residential property must not be taken into custody unless the police department provides notice on the motor vehicle at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the seizure.(b) A police department may employ its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or hire persons, equipment, and facilities for the purpose of removing, preserving, and storing motor vehicles that are abandoned, immobile, unattended, or used in curbstoning.(c) Any motor vehicle used in curbstoning is subject to seizure and forfeiture in the same manner as provided by law for seizure and forfeiture of other items under title 40, chapter 33.(d) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, this section does not limit a local government's initiative for more restrictive requirements regarding the sale of curbstoned vehicles.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1017,s 4, eff. 7/1/2024.