§ 11-96. Removal and impoundment.

(a)

Any vehicle or other object, abandoned on the public highways or public grounds of the county, or found on any highway or public grounds unaccompanied by the owner or operator and constituting a hazard, or parked in such a manner as to be in violation of any state law or county ordinance, and an inconvenience to the citizens of the county, or having been lawfully parked on a highway and remaining parked thereon for more than four (4) days, is hereby declared to be an obstruction in such highway or public place and a public nuisance and, if such vehicle or other object is then unattended by a person authorized to and capable of immediately removing it, any law-enforcement officer of the county or state is hereby authorized to cause it to be removed and impounded in any place of storage approved by the county administrator for safekeeping by and under the direction of the sheriff's department of the county.

(b)

Each removal under this section shall be immediately reported to the sheriff's office and to the commonwealth's attorney, who shall cause notice to be given to the owner of such vehicle or other object, if such owner is known, as promptly as possible.

(Code 1974, § 10-36)

(Code 1974, § 10-36)