Abandoned and inoperative vehicles in Kanawha County are handled under West Virginia's abandoned-motor-vehicle law, W. Va. Code §17-24A. A vehicle counts as abandoned once it sits over five days on public or private property.
The statewide mechanism is W. Va. Code §17-24A, the Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act, which applies in unincorporated Kanawha County alongside city junk-vehicle ordinances. An inoperative vehicle left on public property for more than five days, or left on private property over five days without the owner's consent, meets the statutory definition of abandoned. After notice to the registered owner and any lienholder, the vehicle can be towed and ultimately sold to cover towing and storage costs. Charleston and the other cities add their own inoperable and junked-vehicle nuisance rules requiring screening or removal from view.
An abandoned vehicle is towed, stored, and, if unclaimed after statutory notice, sold to satisfy costs; the owner remains liable for towing and storage charges. City junk-vehicle violations add separate fines.
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