(a)
(1)
- (A) All licensees shall comply with all requirements for notification to owners and lienholders, including without limitation Arkansas Code § 27-50-1101(a)(3), § 27-50-1208, and § 27-50-1209.
- (B) Unless otherwise prescribed by law, any notice required to be given by a licensee to the registered owner or lienholder, or both, shall be given to those persons or entities listed as an owner or a lienholder on the records of the Office of Motor Vehicle, Arkansas Crime Information Center records, or the motor vehicle records of any other state if there is reason to believe the vehicle may be registered in a state other than Arkansas.
(2) Vehicle immobilization companies shall place a notification on the vehicle in a conspicuous area stating the following:
- (A) The vehicle has been immobilized;
- (B) The name, location, and local phone number of the company immobilizing the vehicle;
- (C) A time limit of forty-eight (48) hours before the vehicle will be towed; and
- (D) The name, location, and phone number of the tow company removing the vehicle after the forty-eight (48) hours has expired.
- (b) For purposes of the second notice to be given and published pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-50-1209, a licensee shall separately obtain the owner and lienholder information described in subsection (a) of this section and notice shall be given of the exact date, time, and place of the sale.
(c)
- (1) The charges for sending each notice required by law regardless of the number of owners and lienholders shall not exceed the greater of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or the actual cost of postage.
- (2) For the purposes of this subsection, each notice required by law to be sent regardless of the number of recipient owners and lienholders shall constitute a single notification subject to the limit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or the actual cost of postage, whichever is greater.
- (d) All notification documents shall be maintained for a period of not less than three (3) years from the time of the tow or recovery of a vehicle.