§ 11-98. Exemption from charges for storage in county facility.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11-97, no fee for storage in a county facility shall be charged to or required to be paid by the owner or person entitled to possession of any vehicle or other object removed from any public highway or public grounds pursuant to this article, or if paid, such fee shall be refunded, if:

(1)

At the time of such removal and impoundment, such vehicle or other object had been stolen from its owner or the person then entitled to possession thereof and no unlawful or unauthorized act or omission of such owner or lawful possessor caused or contributed to the cause for such removal and impoundment.

(2)

Such owner or person claiming the right of redemption and possession of such vehicle or other object obtains from the sheriff, a judge or the commonwealth attorney a statement, in writing, certifying, from knowledge or on the basis of the best information then available, such vehicle or other object to have been the subject of theft or of unauthorized use or possession at the time of such removal and that the claimant named in the certificate is entitled to possession thereof without payment of the costs of removal and impoundment.

(Code 1974, § 10-38)

(Code 1974, § 10-38)