TITLE 49

MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 17

LABOR AND MATERIAL LIENS

49-1707.  Notice of sale. Prior to any sale the possessory lienholder shall give at least ten (10) days’ notice of the sale by advertising in one (1) issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the vehicle is located. Prior to the sale of any vehicle to satisfy a lien, twenty (20) days’ notice by certified mail shall be given to the legal owner and to the registered owner of the vehicle, if registered in this state, as the same appear in the registration certificate, and to the department. All notices specify the make, the vehicle identification number, and license number, and the date, time, and place of the sale.

History:

[49-1707, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 414, p. 792; am. 1998, ch. 392, sec. 25, p. 1230.]