HB 2385 -- Vehicles Abandoned at Automobile Repair Businesses

Sponsor:  Stevenson

This bill establishes a procedure allowing 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 120
days from the completion of the repair work.  Within 45 days
after a vehicle is deemed abandoned, the repair shop must notify
the owner and all 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 at public
sale.

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

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm