North Dakota Century Code Title 23.1. Environmental Quality § 23.1-15-06. Right of owner to reclaim abandoned vehicle

1. The owner, secured parties, or a lienholder of an abandoned motor vehicle has a right to reclaim such vehicle from the unit of government taking the motor vehicle into custody upon payment of all towing and storage charges resulting from taking the vehicle into custody within thirty days after the date of the notice required by section 23.1-15-05.

2. The owner, secured parties, or a lienholder of an abandoned motor vehicle, within thirty days after receipt of the notice required by section 23.1-15-05, has a right to reclaim the vehicle from a commercial towing service taking the motor vehicle into custody upon payment of all towing and storage charges resulting from taking the vehicle into custody.

3. Storage charges under subsection 2 may not exceed fifty dollars per day for an abandoned passenger vehicle, pickup, van, or truck that does not exceed twenty thousand registered gross weight pounds [9071.85 kilograms].

4. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to impair any lien of a garagekeeper under the laws of this state or the right of a lienholder or secured parties to foreclose. For the purposes of this section, “garagekeeper” is an operator of a parking place or establishment, an operator of a motor vehicle storage facility, or an operator of an establishment for the servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles.

5. This section also applies to emergency towing.