Yakima County treats junk and abandoned vehicles as a nuisance under county code and RCW 46.55. An inoperable, wrecked vehicle stored in public view can be tagged and hauled off after notice to the owner.
A vehicle left on a public road can be impounded as abandoned under state law, and a wrecked or inoperable vehicle stored on private property in public view is a junk-vehicle nuisance the county can abate. RCW 46.55.010 defines a junk vehicle by criteria including age, extensive damage, apparent inoperability, and scrap-only value. Yakima County code enforcement gives the registered owner notice before ordering removal; a junk vehicle must be enclosed or screened from view, or removed. Vehicles actively being repaired or stored out of sight are treated differently.
Code enforcement issues an abatement notice; unremoved junk vehicles are towed and disposed at the owner's expense, and unclaimed vehicles may be sold. Repeat nuisances draw additional penalties.
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