Vehicle Industry Registration Procedures Manual

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Chapter 18: Lien Sales – Abandoned – Abated Vehicles

18.120 Re-registration of Vehicles Removed by a Local Abatement Procedure

Chapter 18 Lien Sales—Abandoned—Abated Vehicles

18.120 Re-registration of Vehicles Removed by a Local Abatement Procedure (CVC §§22661(f). 22711)

A vehicle removed under the abatement procedure may not be reconstructed or made operable unless it qualifies for Horseless Carriage or Historical Vehicle License Plates (CVC §5004).

  • Exception: Local authorities may give abandoned vehicles to a correctional institution if:
    A local ordinance has an abatement program under CVC §22710 (Service Authority for Abatement of Abandoned Vehicles)

    AND
  • All reporting requirements have been met.
    The institution must have a program under the consent of the Director of Corrections for their inmates to restore and rebuild donated salvageable and abandoned vehicles.