# Alabama — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For Alabama, time to count as abandoned on private property is not less than 30 calendar days; owner notice process is not less than 30 calendar days from the date the notice was sent to the owner and lienholder of record; statutory citation is Section 32-13-1, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** not less than 30 calendar days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Owner notice process:** not less than 30 calendar days from the date the notice was sent to the owner and lienholder of record _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Section 32-13-1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Section 32-13-1 Abandoned Motor Vehicle Defined; Posted Notice. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. A motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-8-2, that has been unclaimed as provided in Section 32-8-84 for not less than 30 calendar days from the date the notice was sent to the owner and lienholder of record, or if no owner or lienholder of record could be determined, has been unclaimed for not less than 30 calendar days.

## Source

- https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-32/chapter-13/section-32-13-1/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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