The city shall notify within ten (10) days, by certified mail, return receipt requested, the last known registered owner and all lienholders of record pursuant to the Certificate of Title Act (V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, chapter 501), that it has taken into custody an abandoned motor vehicle under the provisions of this article. The notice shall describe the year, make, model and vehicle identification number of the abandoned motor vehicle, set forth the location of the facility where the motor vehicle is being held, inform the owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the motor vehicle not later than the twentieth day after the date of the notice, on payment of all towing, preservation and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody. The notice shall state that the failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner and all lienholders of all right, title and interest in the vehicle and their consent to the sale of the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction to be held by the city.
(2004 Code, sec. 8.204)
(a) 
If an abandoned motor vehicle has not been reclaimed within twenty (20) days after the date of notice and payment of all towing, preservation and storage charges resulting from its impoundment, the city shall sell the abandoned motor vehicle at a public auction. Proper notice of the public auction shall be given and, in the event a vehicle is to be sold in satisfaction of a garagekeeper’s lien, the garagekeeper shall be notified of the time and place of such auction.
(b) 
The city shall furnish a sales receipt for each vehicle to the purchaser thereof at the public auction. The proceeds shall be applied first to reimburse the city for the expenses of the auction, costs of towing, preserving and storing the vehicle, and all notice and publication costs, and any remainder from the proceeds of the sale shall be held for the owner of the vehicle or entitled lienholder for ninety (90) days, and then shall be deposited in the special fund which shall remain available for the payment of auction, towing, preserving, storage and all notice and publication costs which result from placing other abandoned vehicles in custody, whenever the proceeds from a sale of such other abandoned motor vehicles are insufficient to meet these expenses and costs.
(2004 Code, sec. 8.205)
(a) 
The city, upon receipt of a report from a garagekeeper of the possession of a vehicle deemed abandoned under the provisions of this article, shall follow the notification procedures set forth herein for the giving of notice to owners and lienholders of abandoned vehicles, except that custody of the vehicle shall remain with the garagekeeper until after the notification requirements have been complied with. A motor vehicle left with a garagekeeper in a storage facility shall be deemed abandoned under the conditions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 683.031, as amended.
(b) 
A fee of two dollars ($2.00) shall accompany the report of the garagekeeper and such fee shall be retained by the city receiving the report and used to defray the cost of notification or other costs incurred in the disposition of such vehicles, and such fee shall be deposited in the general fund of the city. Abandoned vehicles left in storage facilities, which are not reclaimed after notice given in accordance with this section, shall be taken into custody by the city and sold at auction, as in the cases of other abandoned motor vehicles. The proceeds of the sale shall first be applied to the garagekeeper’s charges for servicing, storage and repair; provided however, that the city shall retain an amount of two percent (2%) of the gross proceeds of the sale for each vehicle auctioned, but in no event shall it retain less than ten dollars ($10.00), to be used to defray expenses of custody and auction.
(2004 Code, sec. 8.206)
The city is authorized to apply to the state department of transportation for authority to sell, give away or dispose of any abandoned vehicle in its possession to a demolisher in accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Code, section 683.051 et seq., as amended.
(2004 Code, sec. 8.207)