Allen County, IN Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibits
- Junked, wrecked, dismantled vehicles
- Applies to
- Public or private premises
- Enforcing agency
- Allen County Building Department
- Max tow charge
- $200 per tow
- Max storage
- $50 per day
Summary
It is unlawful to leave any abandoned, partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked vehicle on public or private premises in unincorporated Allen County. The county Building Department can remove and dispose of it.
It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon any vehicle on any public or private premises within unincorporated Allen County... No person shall leave any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any public or private premises within unincorporated Allen County.
Full Breakdown
Allen County Code Title 6, Article 9 makes it unlawful to abandon a vehicle, or to leave any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked or junked vehicle, on any public or private premises in the unincorporated county. It adopts Indiana's Abandoned Vehicle Act (IC 9-22). The Allen County Building Department is the enforcement agency and may remove, store and dispose of such vehicles; under IC 9-22-1-13(b) it may dispose of a vehicle worth $500 or less. Owners may instead voluntarily sign an abandoned-vehicle removal waiver.
Violations & Fines
County may tow and impound; maximum charges are $200 per tow and $50 per day storage (Allen County Code 6-9-6), billed to the owner.
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