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2222415

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City of Vallejo

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I see so many abandoned vehicle reports on this site, it seems to me that a solution that worked in a town I used to live in may aid this city as well.
Obviously, if not by license plate then by VIN#, any vehicles owner can be located or at least last known owner.
In the town I used to live in, once the city recieved a report of an abandoned vehicle, the city would run the information from the car and send a 15 day notice to the last known responsible party for that vehicle. If they did not respond, the city in conjunction with the DMV would place a hold on that persons license, and also on any other vehicles registered currently to them. ,(That usually got their attention rather rapidly.)
Of course, once the party responded to the notice and corrected the issue, the holds were lifted...but the point was made quickly that the city wouldnt tolerate the random vehicles lying around.
All in all, it cost the city virtually nothing outside their regular budget. Aside from the costs incurred by printing the notices which were standard three layer carbon copies that they had designed themselves on a program and contracted to a local office max to print, they already had the workers, code enforcement and the like. Instead of having someone sit behind a desk all day answering emails, they went mobile and posted the notices promptly.
I dont know if it's something feasible for Vallejo, but my old town was twice your size, and they had a far less advanced system of code enforcement in place, so hey you never know.


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