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PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION FROM DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

INTERIM COMMITTEE  TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date Jul 24, 2023      
Location Old State Library



Presentation from Division of Motor Vehicles - Committee Discussion Only
09:36:49 AM  
Brandon Huseman,
Policy Advisor for the Division Motor Vehicles (DMV), and Electra Bustle,
Senior Director at the DMV, introduced themsleves and explained the process
for the DMV's involvement in towing. Thy explained that the department's
role is limited to recordkeeping and transfer of ownership, and that it
has no role interacting with consumers. For recordkeeping, a towing agency
must report a tow to the DMV within 10 days so they DMV can perform a records
search to find the owner, any active liens, and if the vehicle has been
reported stolen.The DMV returns these records to the towing agency and
law enforcement within 10 days. The DMV doesn't receive any context on
the tow beyond the date and time of tow and whether it occurred on public
or private property. Law enforcement and towing companies can sell towed
vehicles if they send notice to the vehicle owners and the owners do not
retrieve the vehicle within 30 days. The DMV will transfer ownership for
the vehicle in these cases and provide additional documentation since law
enforcement and/or towing companies do not have the original title.  
09:43:19 AM  
Mr. Huseman answered
questions from the committee about how the lien holder gets notice about
impounded vehicles. Mr. Huseman responded to questions about whether the
DMV can accurately do its job without all the data, such as in the case
of crime victims, Mr. Huseman said statute is intended to protect vehicle
owner, so if different protections were put into statute, then the DMV
could treat them differently, but currently it's a unviersal policy towards
all vehicles.






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