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

For Idaho, time to count as abandoned on private property is any person having possession or control of real property, including commercial property, who finds an unauthorized vehicle standing on his property is permitted to have the vehicle removed or booted if there is posted on or near the property in a clearly conspicuous location, in large print, a sign or notice that unauthorized vehicles will be removed or booted; owner notice process is apply to the department for a title or junk certificate after thirty (30) days from the date of first notification; minimum time before sale/disposal is thirty (30) days from the date of first notification; statutory citation is Idaho Code § 49-1806, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Idaho _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** any person having possession or control of real property, including commercial property, who finds an unauthorized vehicle standing on his property is permitted to have the vehicle removed or booted if there is posted on or near the property in a clearly conspicuous location, in large print, a sign or notice that unauthorized vehicles will be removed or booted _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Owner notice process:** apply to the department for a title or junk certificate after thirty (30) days from the date of first notification _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum time before sale/disposal:** thirty (30) days from the date of first notification _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Idaho Code § 49-1806 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> REMOVAL or BOOTING OF UNAUTHORIZED AND ABANDONED VEHICLEs FROM REAL PROPERTY. (1) Any person having possession or control of real property, including commercial property, who finds an unauthorized vehicle standing on his property is permitted to have the vehicle removed or booted if there is posted on or near the property in a clearly conspicuous location, in large print, a sign or notice that unauthorized vehicles will be removed or booted at the owner&#8217;s expense and designating the name of the towing firm. Unauthorized vehicles need not meet the provisions of section <https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title49/T49CH1/SECT49-102> 49-102 (2), Idaho Code, in this instance. (2) Any person having possession or control of real property, excluding commercial property, who finds an abandoned vehicle standing on his property when the property is not posted as set out in subsection (1) of this section may contact a tow company to remove the vehicle. The tow company shall have the person having possession or control of the property sign a release form to the tow company identifying himself as the person having possession or control of real property, identifying the vehicle being removed, and taking responsibility for the removal of the vehicle.

## Source

- https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title49/T49CH18/SECT49-1806/

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