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Statutes› Title 23› Chapter 021› § 2158

Title 23 : Motor Vehicles

Chapter 021 : Title to Motor Vehicles

Subchapter 007 : Abandoned Motor Vehicles

(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 2158)

  • § 2158. Fees for towing; public property; funding

    (a)(1) A towing service may charge a fee of up to $250.00 for towing an abandoned motor vehicle from public property under the provisions of sections 2151–2157 of this subchapter.

    (2) This fee shall be paid to:

    (A) a towing service upon the issuance by the Department of Motor Vehicles of a certificate of abandoned motor vehicle under section 2156 of this title; or

    (B) the Agency of Transportation if the Agency has a vehicle towed from a State right-of-way and submits proof acceptable to the Commissioner that the Agency has paid a towing service to tow the vehicle from the State right-of-way.

    (3) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the Commissioner of Finance and Management, who shall issue payment to the towing service or Agency of Transportation, as applicable, for vehicles removed from public property.

    (b) [Repealed.] (Added 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 53; amended 2023, No. 41, § 33, eff. July 1, 2023; 2025, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. July 1, 2026.)