Greenburgh, NY Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Town Code § 460-48 sets the rules for vehicles abandoned in Greenburgh and never reclaimed. Under Subsection A, in each calendar year the Town may convert to its own use up to 1% of its unclaimed abandoned vehicles, or two vehicles, whichever number is greater. The Town is not limited to that cap, however, for vehicles abandoned with no number plates affixed and of low wholesale value as measured under § 1224 of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law: the Town may take immediate title to those vehicles outright, and every sale or other disposition of an abandoned vehicle in Greenburgh must otherwise follow the state Vehicle and Traffic Law.

Subsection B addresses vehicles that have been lawfully impounded and then released back into Town custody pursuant to a court order: the Town must notify the last known owner in writing, and if the owner does not remove the vehicle from Town premises within 10 days of that notice, the owner is billed storage charges of up to $10 per day or fraction of a day. The owner cannot redeem the vehicle until those storage charges are paid to the Police Department. This section works alongside § 460-44, which gives any Town police officer authority to remove and impound a vehicle parked or abandoned on a public highway in violation of state or local law, and § 460-45, which sets the standard impound administrative fee at $40 plus $15 per day storage for vehicles taken off the street generally.