{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2459","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 50-2459","heading":"Owners and lienholders remedy.","body":"An owner or lienholder who fails to reclaim a vehicle within the time prescribed shall nevertheless be entitled to recover the fair market value of any vehicle disposed of pursuant to this subchapter if:\n\n(1)\nThe owner or lienholder requests a hearing with respect to the notices of infractions that provided the basis for the impoundment of the vehicle;\n\n(2)\nThe hearing is requested within 60 days after the issuance of the notices of infraction;\n\n(3)\nA hearing examiner dismisses the notices of infraction or finds no liability; and\n\n(4)\nThe owner or lienholder establishes the vehicle's fair market value by a preponderance of the evidence; provided, that if the District has sold the vehicle, the price paid by a good faith purchaser, other than the owner, shall establish a rebuttable presumption of the fair market value of the vehicle.","path":["Title 50. Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 24A. Parking Enforcement Modernization.","Subchapter III. Vehicle Immobilization and Impoundment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-2459","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"bb651ce5c3d9bbd8b73b57bf1093091f6ad7757b0add6995ee1083085605bd8d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2458","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-50-2461"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}