Section 10.20.020 Authorization to remove unattended/abandoned vehicles.
The following law enforcement agencies may take into custody any motor vehicle
found
abandoned for a period of forty-eight (48) hours or more on a public highway or for a period of five
days or more on a city street, public property, or private property:
A. The Montana highway patrol if the vehicle is upon
the right-of-way of any public highway
other than a county road;
B. The sheriff of the county if the vehicle is upon the
right-of-way of any county road;
C. The city police if the vehicle is upon a city street.
Members of the police department are
authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or public parking lot in the city by requesting towing
service in accordance with established procedures for towing to the nearest garage or other place of
safety, or to a garage or storage area designated or maintained by the city under the circumstances
hereinafter enumerated (MCA 61-12-401). (Ord. 160 (part), 1999)
