{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-9-22-1-21.5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 9-22-1-21.5","heading":"Liens on vehicles; public sale or auction; civil damages","body":"Sec. 21.5. (a) A person that provides towing services for a vehicle:\n(1) at the request of a person on whose property an abandoned vehicle is located; or\n(2) in accordance with this chapter;\nhas a lien on the vehicle for the reasonable value of the charges for the towing services and other related costs in accordance with IC 9-22-6.\n(b) Subject to subsection (c), a person that obtains a lien for an abandoned vehicle under this section must comply with sections 16, 17, 19, and 23 of this chapter. After the requirements of this subsection have been met, a vehicle may be sold at public sale or public auction.\n(c) If the vehicle is determined in a commercially reasonable manner to have a fair market value of more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) by the person that obtains a lien for the abandoned vehicle, the lienholder shall comply with:\n(1) section 16 of this chapter;\n(2) section 17 of this chapter;\n(3) section 19 of this chapter; and\n(4) IC 9-22-6.\nAfter the requirements of this subsection have been met, a vehicle may be sold at public auction.\n(d) A person that violates subsection (b) or (c) is liable for civil damages to any person that suffers harm because of the violation.","path":["TITLE 9. MOTOR VEHICLES","ARTICLE 22. ABANDONED, SALVAGED, AND SCRAP VEHICLES","Chapter 1. Abandoned Vehicles"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_9.html#9-22-1-21.5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-07-08T17:54:09Z","sha256":"27378e6ae5781e325ae6fb10f9aaf7d62d5355732e3c3bbf13f756c9606a5b21","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-9-22-1-21","next":"us-in/ic-9-22-1-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}