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Private property - Unlawfully parked vehicle
ORS > Vehicle Code > Towing > 98.812
(1) if a vehicle has been left or parked in violation of 98.810 (unauthorized parking of vehicle on proscribed property prohibited), the owner of the parking facility or proscribed property owner may have a tower tow the vehicle from property and place the vehicle in storage at a secure location under the tower's control
(2) a tower is entitled to a lien on a towed vehicle and its contents for the towerÂ’s just and reasonable charges and may retain possession of the vehicle and its contents until the charges subject to paragraph (3), have been paid, but only if the tower notifies the local law enforcement agency of the location of the towed vehicle within one (1) hour after the vehicle is placed in storage.
(3) A tower may not assess any storage charge against the towed vehicle under paragraph (2)that's incurred after:
(a) If the towed vehicle is registered in Oregon: three (3) business days after the vehicle is placed in storage unless, within that time, the tower delivers notice by mail or gives actual notice to the vehicle owner and to each person with an interest in the vehicle as indicated by the certificate of title
(b) if the towed vehicle is not registered in Oregon:
(A) Three (3) business days after the vehicle is placed in storage unless, within that time, the tower notifies and requests the title information from the records of the motor vehicle agency for the state in which the towed vehicle is registered
(B) Three (3) business days from the date of receipt of the records requested under paragraph (A) unless, within that time, the tower delivers notice by mail or gives actual notice to the vehicle owner and to each person with an interest in the vehicle as indicated by the requested records
(4) the lien created by paragraph (2) may be foreclosed only in the manner provided by 87.172 (Time period before foreclosure allowed) (3) and 87.176 (Fees for storage of chattel) to 87.206 (Disposition of proceeds of foreclosure sale) for foreclosure of liens arising or claimed under 87.152 (Possessory lien for labor or material expended on chattel)
Note:
the procedure authorized by 98.830 (private property - abandoned vehicle) may be used by an owner of a parking facility or an owner of proscribed property as an alternative to the procedures described in this statute
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