Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/50-2421.04.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-21 20:29:39+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - § 50–2421.04. Removal of abandoned and dangerous vehicles from public space; penalties.
↪ Subchapter II. Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles.
↪ § 50–2421.04. Removal of abandoned and dangerous vehicles from public space; penalties.
§ 50–2421.05. Removal of abandoned, dangerous, and unlawfully parked vehicles from private property.
§ 50–2421.04. Removal of abandoned and dangerous vehicles from public space; penalties.
(1) An abandoned vehicle shall be removed 48 hours after a warning notice has been conspicuously placed on the vehicle. The warning notice shall be placed at the first sighting of a vehicle that meets the physical characteristics of an abandoned vehicle. The warning notice shall indicate the date and time it was placed and the date and time that the District is authorized to remove, impound, or dispose of the vehicle if the vehicle is not moved. The notice shall also include a statement indicating the vehicle will not be towed if the owner or other authorized person certifies to the Department that the vehicle is undergoing emergency repair. The notice shall provide a telephone number, and website if any, that will inform the owner how to accomplish the certification.
(2) A dangerous vehicle shall be immediately removed without the placement of a warning notice.
(b) If more than one basis exists for removing a vehicle, whether stated in this subchapter or in any other law or regulation, the shortest removal period shall apply, including removal without a warning notice.
(c) No vehicle shall be removed from public space pursuant to this section until a notice of infraction is conspicuously placed on the vehicle.
(3) Remove, mutilate, or attempt to remove or mutilate the warning notice.
(e) Any person violating the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, shall be prosecuted by the Office of the Corporation Counsel, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.
This section is referenced in § 50-2402.
The 2013 amendment by D.C. Law 19-317 substituted “of not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01” for “of not more than $500” in (e).
For temporary (90 day) addition of this section, see § 4 of Removal and Disposition of Abandoned and Other Unlawfully Parked Vehicles Reform Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-171, October 6, 2003, 50 DCR 9163).
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 276(a) of the Criminal Fine Proportionality Emergency Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-45, April 1, 2013, 60 DCR 5400, 20 DCSTAT 1300).

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