Massachusetts
For Massachusetts, time to count as abandoned on private property is more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property; statutory citation is Section 22C, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- Massachusetts our reading
- Time to count as abandoned on private property
- more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property verified
- Statutory citation
- Section 22C verified
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What the source says
Section 22C: Abandoned motor vehicles; removal and disposal Section 22C. If the superintendent of streets or other officer having charge of the public ways in a city or town reasonably deems that any motor vehicle apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon a public or private way therein or on any property therein without the permission of the owner or lessee of said property or if a captain or lieutenant of the state police reasonably deems that any motor vehicle apparently abandoned by its owner and standing for more than seventy-two hours upon any pr
— malegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- malegislature.govhttps://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section22C