Hutto, TX Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Hutto Code of Ordinances § 14.06.001 defines a 'junked vehicle' as a self-propelled motor vehicle lacking a current license plate or valid inspection certificate that is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled or discarded, or inoperable for more than 72 consecutive hours on public property or 30 consecutive days on private property. Enclosed vehicles, dealer/junkyard inventory, and screened antique or special-interest vehicles kept by a motor vehicle collector are excluded. Section 14.06.002 bars any owner or occupant from keeping or permitting a junked vehicle in ordinary public view, and § 14.06.003 declares such vehicles a public nuisance.

Under §§ 14.06.004-14.06.006, the chief of police or code enforcement officer must serve a written order (personally or by certified mail) giving ten days to abate, with a visible notice affixed to the vehicle; the owner or occupant may request a hearing before the municipal court clerk within that ten-day window, and if none is requested it is conclusively presumed to be a junked vehicle. Section 14.06.007 lets the municipal court judge determine the violation by a preponderance of the evidence and order removal within ten days, after which the chief of police or code enforcement officer may take possession.

Disposal follows V.T.C.A. Transportation Code § 683.071 et seq. per § 14.06.010, and § 14.06.011 sets the penalty as a misdemeanor under the general fine in § 1.01.009, with the court also ordering removal on conviction.