San Angelo, TX Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Junk Vehicle
- Nuisance if street-visible
- Notice
- 10 days, certified mail
- Hearing
- Before municipal court judge
- After Removal
- Cannot be rebuilt
- Exemption
- Fence or shrubbery screening
Summary
San Angelo declares junk vehicles visible from a public right-of-way a public nuisance (Sec. 8.03.011). After at least 10 days' notice and a municipal-court hearing, the city can tow and destroy them. Vehicles enclosed or screened from view are exempt.
Junk vehicles (as defined in the Abandoned Motor Vehicles Act, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 683.071) which are located in any place where they are visible from a public right-of-way are detrimental to the safety and general welfare of the general public, tending to reduce the value of private property, to invite vandalism, to create fire hazards, and to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 10).
Full Breakdown
San Angelo Code Sec. 8.03.011 adopts the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicles Act (Transportation Code Sec. 683.071), declaring junk vehicles visible from a public right-of-way a public nuisance that invites blight and fire hazards. The city must give at least 10 days' certified-mail notice to the registered owner, lienholders, and property owner before abating. A hearing before the municipal court judge is available on request. Vehicles removed may not be rebuilt or made operable. Exemptions apply to vehicles fully enclosed in a building, stored by a licensed dealer or junkyard, or antique and collector vehicles screened from ordinary public view by a fence or shrubbery.
Violations & Fines
Junk vehicles are abated by towing and destruction at the owner's expense after notice and hearing. Related nuisance fines apply under Sec. 1.01.009, each day a separate offense. Relocating the vehicle within the city has no legal effect.
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