Abandoned Vehicle Removal Procedures in North Dakota

23.1-15-03. Custody of abandoned motor vehicle. Units of government may take into custody and impound or request and authorize a commercial towing service to take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle. If requested by an owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant of private property, a commercial towing service may remove and take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle located on the private property. Page No. 1 23.1-15-04. Conditions under which an abandoned motor vehicle is eligible for immediate disposal. An abandoned motor vehicle for which the value as determined by the party with custody is no more than one thousand dollars and for which the owner, lienholders, or secured parties cannot be identified with reasonable certainty after a search of the department of transportation records is immediately eligible for disposition by a permitted scrap iron processor, and is not subject to the notification, reclamation, or title provisions of this chapter. Any license plate displayed on an abandoned motor vehicle must be removed and destroyed prior to the purchaser taking possession of the vehicle. An abandoned motor vehicle qualifying for immediate disposal is not eligible for reimbursement of storage costs under section 23.1-15-09. 23.1-15-05.