Pursuant to § 342.40, Wis. Stats., as created by Chapter 131
of the Laws of 1971, the County Board of Supervisors of Grant County, Wisconsin,
hereby provides to County, state and municipal representatives a method for
disposal of abandoned vehicles found within the jurisdictional limits of Grant
County, Wisconsin.
No person shall leave unattended any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer,
or mobile home on any public highway or public or private property for such
time and under such circumstances as to cause the vehicle to reasonably appear
to have been abandoned.
Whenever any vehicle has been left unattended on any property without
the permission of the property owner or upon any public property or any public
highway for more than a period of 48 hours, the vehicle is deemed abandoned
and constitutes a public nuisance.
The owner of any abandoned vehicle, except a stolen vehicle, is responsible
for the abandonment and all costs of impounding and disposing of the vehicle.
Costs not recovered from the sale of the vehicle may be recovered in a civil
action by the municipality against the owner.