Freehold Township, NJ Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Chapter 341, Vehicles, Abandoned, first adopted in 1972, sets three distinct prohibitions. Section 341-2 bars abandoning a vehicle anywhere in the Township, or leaving one under circumstances that make it reasonably appear abandoned. Section 341-3 separately and flatly bars leaving any partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked or junked vehicle on a street or highway, with no time grace period at all. Section 341-4 governs private property: a person in charge of property, whether owner, tenant, occupant or lessee, may not allow a partially dismantled, nonoperating, wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle to remain longer than 30 days.

That 30-day rule does not apply to a vehicle inside an enclosed building, a vehicle on a lawfully operated business's premises where it is necessary to the business, or a vehicle in a storage depository the Township lawfully maintains. Enforcement runs through the Police Department: § 341-5 authorizes the Chief of Police or a designated officer to remove any vehicle that appears to violate the chapter, impound it until lawfully claimed, and notify the registered and legal owner in writing by personal service or certified mail of the removal, the reason and the vehicle's location.

The vehicle stays impounded until the owner or an authorized agent pays the cost of the taking, removal and storage. Section 341-6 ties removal and impoundment procedures directly to Chapter 327, Towing, meaning the same tow-list contractors, storage-fee schedule in Chapter 150 § 150-32, and impound release fees ($78 to return a vehicle, $155 with surrender of title) apply to abandoned-vehicle impoundments.