Call the Summit County Communications Center at 970 668-8600 if the vehicle is parked on a Dillon town street to report an abandoned vehicle. Abandonment of a motor vehicle is defined as follows in the Colorado Revised Statutes.
18-4-512 Abandonment of a Motor Vehicle
Statute text
Any person who abandons any motor vehicle upon a street, highway, right-of-way, or any other public property, or upon any private property without the express consent of the owner or person in lawful charge of that private property commits abandonment of a motor vehicle.
To "abandon" means to leave a thing with the intention not to retain possession of or assert ownership over it. The intent need not coincide with the act of leaving.
It is prima facie evidence of the necessary intent that:
The motor vehicle has been left for more than seven days unattended and unmoved; or
License plates or other identifying marks have been removed from the motor vehicle; or
The motor vehicle has been damaged or is deteriorated so extensively that it has value only for junk or salvage; or
The owner has been notified by a law enforcement agency to remove the motor vehicle, and it has not been removed within three days after notification.
Abandonment of a motor vehicle is a class 3 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 432, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-4-512.
