When a motor vehicle is wrecked or abandoned in a street, highway, or alley in unincorporated Shelby County, Section 24-199 authorizes the sheriff to tow and store it until the owner claims it, and storing inoperable vehicles in a residential zone is barred by the Unified Development Code.
Shelby County Code Section 24-199 provides that whenever a motor vehicle is wrecked or abandoned in a street, highway, or alley, or found parked in violation of Chapter 24, and it becomes necessary in the sheriff's opinion to remove it as an obstruction, the vehicle is towed to storage and held until the owner proves ownership. Charges are $60.00 to tow and $7.00 per day. On private property, Unified Development Code Section 2.6.3.P prohibits storing inoperable vehicles in a residential zone. These tools operate alongside Tennessee's T.C.A. Title 55, Chapter 16, which lets police take abandoned, immobile, or unattended vehicles into custody and dispose of unclaimed ones. Report to the Mayor's Action Center.
A wrecked or abandoned vehicle in the public way may be towed under Section 24-199, the owner charged $60 plus $7 daily. An inoperable vehicle in a residential zone violates UDC 2.6.3.P. Unclaimed vehicles may be sold under state law.
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