STANFORD
CODE OF ORDINANCES
TITLE
VII: TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER
72: PARKING REGULATIONS
§ 72.21 REQUIRED NOTICE
TO OWNER.
(A) When a motor vehicle has been
involuntarily towed or transported pursuant to order of police, other public
authority, or private person or business for any reason or when the vehicle
has been stolen or misappropriated and its removal from the public ways
has been ordered by police, other public authority, or by private person
or business, or in any other situation where a motor vehicle has been involuntarily
towed or transported by order of police, other authority, or by private
person or business, the police, other authority, or private person or business
shall attempt to ascertain from the State Transportation Cabinet the identity
of the registered owner of the motor vehicle or lessor of a motor carrier
as defined in KRS Chapter 281 and within ten business days of the removal
shall, by certified mail, attempt to notify the registered owner at the
address of record of the make, model, license number, and vehicle identification
number of the vehicle, of the location of the vehicle, and of the requirements
for securing the release of the motor vehicle.
(B) If a vehicle described in division
(A) is placed in a garage or other storage facility, the owner of the facility
shall attempt to provide the notice provided in division (A) by certified
mail to the registered owner at the address of record of the motor vehicle
or lessor of a motor carrier as defined in KRS Chapter 281 within ten business
days of recovery of, or taking possession of the motor vehicle. This
notice shall contain the information as to the make, model, license number,
and identification number of the vehicle, the location of the vehicle,
and the amount of reasonable charges due on the vehicle. When the
owner of the facility fails to provide notice as provided herein, the motor
vehicle storage facility shall forfeit all storage fees accrued after ten
business days from the date of tow. This division (B) shall not apply
to a tow lot or storage facility owned or operated by the city.
(KRS 376.275(1), (2))