HB 569 -- Vehicles Abandoned at Automobile Repair Businesses

Sponsor:  Stevenson

This bill establishes a procedure for automobile repair
businesses to sell vehicles that have been abandoned by the owner
at the repair shop.

A vehicle left on the premises of an auto repair business will be
considered abandoned if it is not claimed by the owner within 90
days or the debt is not paid within 90 days from the completion
of the repair work.  Ten days after a vehicle is deemed
abandoned, repair shops must notify the owner and lienholders of
record, by certified mail with return receipt requested, that the
vehicle must be claimed within 30 days or it will be dismantled,
destroyed, or sold.

The bill specifies the requirements for providing proper notice,
selling a vehicle by an auto repair business, applying proceeds
of a vehicle sale against charges, disposing of excess proceeds
from the vehicle sale, titling of a new owner, and promulgating
rules by the Department of Revenue.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm