61-12-404. Sale of vehicle if not reclaimed. (1) If a vehicle is not reclaimed, as provided in 61-12-403, within 30 days after notification by certified mail or prescribed publication, the sheriff of the county or the city police of the city in which the vehicle is being stored shall sell it at public auction in the manner provided in 25-13-701 through 25-13-709.
     (2) After a vehicle has been sold pursuant to subsection (1), the former owner or person entitled to possession has no further right, title, claim, or interest in or to the vehicle.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 288, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 53-905; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 355, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 513, L. 1999.