Peoria, IL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Public street abandonment
- Unlawful; police may impound to authorized garage
- Low-value vehicles
- Under $100 appraised value: sold at auction, no notice needed
- Owner notice
- Certified mail within 15 days if owner identifiable
- Unclaimed vehicles
- Sold at public auction after 30 days
- Private-property nuisance
- Inoperable vehicle uncovered 30+ days is a nuisance
- Nuisance fine
- $25-$100 per offense, per day
Summary
Peoria makes it unlawful to abandon a vehicle on any street or highway under Sec. 28-341, letting police impound it to an authorized garage. On private property, Sec. 28-349 declares any inoperable, damaged or deteriorated vehicle left uncovered for 30 days or more a nuisance, fined $25.00 to $100.00 per day.
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon a vehicle on a street or highway in the city.(b)Members of the police department of this city are hereby authorized to remove an abandoned vehicle from any street or highway to an authorized garage, as determined and designated by the superintendent of police. ... Sec. 28-349. - Nuisance motor vehicles. (a)Any motor vehicle or part thereof which is inoperable or damaged or deteriorated or in need of repair for 30 days or more and is located upon private property in the city, outside of any enclosure which encloses the vehicle completely from lateral view on all sides and constitutes a danger to persons, including children, or constitutes a blight upon the property or neighborhood in which it is located, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.(b)Any owner or lessee or any other person in control of the premises, or the owner or lessee or any other person in control of the vehicle who permits the nuisance described in this section to exist or who maintains such nuisance shall be fined, upon conviction, not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 119).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 28-341(a) bars abandoning a vehicle on a street or highway anywhere in the city, and subsection (b) authorizes police department members to remove an abandoned vehicle to an authorized garage designated by the superintendent of police. Once impounded, Sec. 28-342 requires the superintendent of police to keep detailed records, including the vehicle's description, tow company, and date received, until the owner reclaims it. 00, Sec. 28-343 lets the superintendent sell it at public auction without notifying the owner when identification isn't possible; otherwise Sec.
28-344 requires certified mail notice to the registered owner within 15 days, and Sec. 28-345 requires a public auction after 30 days of unclaimed impoundment, advertised in a newspaper of general circulation. For private property, Sec. 28-349(a) separately declares a nuisance any motor vehicle or part that is inoperable, damaged, deteriorated or in need of repair for 30 days or more, sitting outside an enclosure that hides it from lateral view on all sides, if it endangers persons, including children, or blights the property or neighborhood. 00 per offense, with each day the nuisance continues counted as a separate offense, and each vehicle counted as a separate violation.
Violations & Fines
Abandoning a vehicle on a public street is enforced through police impoundment under Sec. 28-341 and the notice, auction, and disposal procedures in Sections 28-342 through 28-347. Leaving an inoperable or deteriorated vehicle uncovered on private property for 30 or more days under Sec. 28-349 draws a fine of $25.00 to $100.00 per offense, with each day of continued violation and each vehicle counted separately.
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