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Q: Can you take possession of an abonded vehicle? If so, how? Legally speaking of course.

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Mark Oakley
Mark Oakley
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  • Rockville, MD
  • Licensed in Maryland

A: The problem you will have is with transferring title. You will need to run the tags or, if no tags, the VIN, to try and identify the current titled owner, and secure the title transfer. If you can’t do that, there is a legal procedure set forth in the Transportation Code (link below) for the police to impound the vehicle and send notice to the last known registered owner, and if it remains unclaimed, to auction the car or deliver it to a scrap yard. That method may not result in your getting the car.

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/transportation/title-25/subtitle-2/

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