District of Columbia
For District of Columbia, time to count as abandoned on private property is on private property for more than 30 days; statutory citation is § 50–2431, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
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- District of Columbia our reading
- Time to count as abandoned on private property
- on private property for more than 30 days verified
- Statutory citation
- § 50–2431 verified
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What the source says
§ 50–2431. Definitions. For the purposes of <https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/50/chapters/24A> this chapter , the term: (1) "Abandoned vehicle" means any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is left, parked, or stored on public space for more than 48 hours or on private property for more than 30 days, and to which at least one of the following applies: (A) The vehicle is apparently inoperable, including a vehicle missing its transmission, motor, or one or more tires, and is not undergoing emergency repair; (B) The vehicle serves as harborage for rats, vermin, and other pests; or (C) The vehicle does not display valid vehicle identification tags, a valid registration sticker, or is an unidentifiable vehicle; except, that a vehicle shall not be deemed an abandoned vehicle under this subparagraph solely because the vehicle displays expired tags or registration sticker, unless the tags or registration sticker expired at least one year before any enforcement action is taken under <https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/titles/50/chapters/24A> this chapter , which shall be measured concurrently with the period of time required to establish that the vehicle is abandoned, as described in the lead-in language of this paragraph.
— code.dccouncil.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- code.dccouncil.govhttps://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-2431