Legal Documents of New Market

Members of the police department are hereby authorized, when reasonably necessary for the security of the vehicle or to prevent obstruction of traffic, to remove from the streets and impound any vehicle whose operator is arrested, or any unattended vehicle which is illegally parked, abandoned, or otherwise parked so as to constitute an obstruction or hazard to normal traffic. Any impounded vehicle shall be stored until the owner or other person entitled thereto, claims it, gives satisfactory evidence of ownership or right to possession, and pays all applicable fees and costs, or until it is otherwise lawfully disposed of. The fee for impounding a vehicle shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and the storage cost shall be such reasonable fees as may be charged by the city or by a private storage facility which the city employs. Owners of impounded vehicles shall also be liable for payment of reasonable costs incurred in the towing and impounding of the vehicles. (1983 Code, § 7-604)