Abandoned Scirocco...

[kridgley at brownscar.com (Kervin Ridgley)]

Slightly shady -

Put the car on your property, then go through the abandoned car stuff.  that
would make it more of a sure thing that the car will end up being yours.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <VeeWdriver@aol.com>
To: <nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Abandoned Scirocco...


> Not sure how things work in Kalifornia, but this is how it would work here
in
> Arizona (I got two of my cars this way).  If the thing is on private
property
> you would contact the property owner and if they don't know who it belongs
to
> or have no vested interest in it, there's a form you can get them to sign
> that says they give you authority to tow it.  Within 7 days of towing it,
you
> notify MVD that you towed it and where it got towed to.  They send an
agent out
> to do an inspection (VIN's) and they leave you a form that says they
inspected
> it and it is where you say it is.  You send the first form in with the
> inspection form plus something like $15, I can't remember exactly.  MVD
sends out a
> notice to the last registered owners address.  Most of the time they've
moved
> several times and can't be found.  If there's no reply from the last owner
in
> about a month you'll get a title in your name mailed to you.  TA-DA.  Free
car.
>
> If it's on a public street it gets a little more complicated.  If an
officer
> left an "abandoned vehicle check" on it and never followed up on it to
have it
> towed it may still be logged into a computer somewhere as to where the car
> was.  Usually after 48 hours or so the police will have it towed to their
> storage yard and eventually the car will be auctioned off.  If the car is
in front
> of somebody's house or business, you might be able to talk them into
letting
> you "move" it onto their property for a day or two, THEN have them sign
the form
> and you haul it off and go through the above process.
>
> Good luck!
>
> SAVE THE ROCS!!!!!
>
>
> Tom in Tucson
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