The owner of a motor vehicle or lienholder of the vehicle abandoned in violation of Section 901 et seq. of this title, or the owner of any vehicle or lienholder of the vehicle or insurer of a vehicle when the insurer has purchased the vehicle as a total loss vehicle from the registered owner which shall have been lawfully removed from any highway or other public property may regain possession of the vehicle in accordance with regulations of the Department of Public Safety upon payment of the reasonable cost of removal and storage of such vehicle. An operator shall release the vehicle from storage upon authorization from the owner, agent or lienholder of the vehicle or in the case of a total loss, the insurer of the vehicle where the vehicle is to be moved to an insurance pool yard for sale.

Laws 1967, SB 286, c. 363, § 4, emerg. eff. May 22, 1967; Amended by Laws 1985, SB 141, c. 140, § 2, emerg. eff. June 7, 1985; Amended by Laws 1987, SB 321, c. 233, § 4, eff. November 1, 1987; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1133, c. 205, § 70, emerg. eff. July 1, 1987 (repealed by Laws 1988, HB 1579, c. 290, § 25, emerg. eff. July 1, 1988); Amended by Laws 1988, HB 1579, c. 290, § 18, emerg. eff. July 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1275, c. 153, § 3, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1996, SB 1101, c. 175, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997; Amended by Laws 2000, HB 2543, c. 303, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2000 (superseded document available).