Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1376 amends the Vehicle Storage Facility Act to change the requirements for the operator of a vehicle storage facility who receives a towed vehicle to notify the owner of the vehicle in cases where the vehicle is registered out of this state or the United States. Written notice must be sent to the vehicle's last registered owner and all lienholders not later than the 14th day rather than the fifth day after the date the vehicle was received.

            The act allows notice by publication in certain newspapers if the identity or address of the last registered owner and each lienholder cannot be determined, if the vehicle is registered in another state, and in certain other circumstances. It also changes the date that a second notice for a vehicle that remains unclaimed must be sent from the 61st day after the initial notice to the 41st day.