In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that is of a type subject to registration under this title whether lost, stolen, abandoned or otherwise unclaimed and that has been abandoned on a public highway, public property or elsewhere in this state, including private property. Evidence that a vehicle was left unattended for a period of forty-eight hours within the right-of-way of any highway, road, street or other public thoroughfare or for a period of seventy-two hours on public or private property or elsewhere in this state is prima facie evidence of abandonment.
2. "Officer" means any police officer or other law enforcement officer.
3. "Vehicle registration agency" means the agency or department of any state that has charge of the records of motor vehicle registration in that state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case:
Reinke v. All. Towing, 88 P.3d 1154 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2004).
Reinke v. All. Towing, 88 P.3d 1154 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 2× “¶ 25 Additionally, Alliance is not entitled to any presumption of abandonment under A.R.S. § 28-4801 (1998) because the Corvette had not been unattended for seventy-two hours when it was towed from the Circle K parking lot: “Abandoned vehicle” means a vehicle, trailer or…”
Saeed v. Arizona Recovery & Towing Inc. (D. Ariz. 2023).
· cites it 15× “) 22 After review, the Court finds that summary judgment is inappropriate as to 23 Plaintiff’s claims in Count I (Conversion) and Count III (Unjust Enrichment), because 24 whether the Truck was abandoned under Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-4801 is a disputed question 25 of material fact.”
State v. Hawthorne (Ariz. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 2× “3 These arguments rely heavily on Hawthorne’s asserted good-faith belief that he was following Arizona’s abandoned vehicle statutes, A.R.S. §§ 28-4801 to -4884. ¶16 Sufficient evidence supports the jury’s conclusion that the trailer was stolen.”
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