Indiana House Bill 1457 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-18 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
Pending: House Roads and Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Abandoned vehicles. Increases the cap on recoverable storage costs for an abandoned vehicle from $1,500 to $3,000. Provides that the previous owner of an abandoned vehicle sold by a towing or storage company is responsible for storage fees accrued before the sale of the vehicle if the sale price of the vehicle is less than the cost of the accrued storage fees. Provides that the person responsible for the removal, towing, or storage of an abandoned vehicle may keep proceeds that exceed the towing or storage costs in certain instances.

Abandoned vehicles. Increases the cap on recoverable storage costs for an abandoned vehicle from $1,500 to $3,000. Provides that the previous owner of an abandoned vehicle sold by a towing or storage company is responsible for storage fees accrued before the sale of the vehicle if the sale price of the vehicle is less than the cost of the accrued storage fees. Provides that the person responsible for the removal, towing, or storage of an abandoned vehicle may keep proceeds that exceed the towing or storage costs in certain instances.

Rep. Robert Morris [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-18	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
2017-01-18	House	Authored by Representative Morris

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1457/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/4/6/9646714e/HB1457.01.INTR.pdf