#ABANDONED VEHICLE REGISTRATION#
#ABANDONED VEHICLE CODE#

Reporting Options for an Abandoned or Junk Vehicle Please submit year and month - stickers on the lower right and left of the license plate.

License plate state and number (if any).

Example - Pickup truck, 2 door coupe, 4 door sedan, travel trailer, flatbed trailer, etc.

Example - Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, etc.

Example: SW 4 th Avenue between SW Main St. If you cannot provide an exact address, please provide the street the vehicle is parked on and then the cross streets.

#ABANDONED VEHICLE REGISTRATION#

Example - flat tire, missing engine, registration expired more than six months, etc.Which abandoned and junk automobile criteria does it meet.Please collect the following information for a report: Note: To report a suspicious vehicle parked in your neighborhood (for example, a vehicle you suspect to have been stolen), call the Police Non-Emergency Line at 50. Please report these violations to Parking Enforcement at 50 A vehicle double-parked, blocking a roadway, or blocking a driveway.An unfamiliar vehicle parked in front of your property and/or has not moved for several days.What is not considered an abandoned or junk vehicle under our current operating conditions Expired registration or trip permit (these reports will be de-emphasized until further notice).Missing parts or damaged in a manner that makes it appear inoperable.Missing or severely shattered windshield.Severely damaged from a crash and appears inoperable.Severely damaged by fire and appears inoperable.The vehicle should meet at least one of the following criteria: The vehicle appears to be wrecked, partially dismantled, or junked.The vehicle appears to be inoperative or disabled.The vehicle does not have a lawfully affixed, unexpired registration plate, or fails to display current registration.

#ABANDONED VEHICLE CODE#

Section 16.90.005 of the Portland City Code defines an abandoned vehicle as:Ī vehicle that remains in violation for more than 24 hours and one or more of the following conditions exist: Definition of an abandoned vehicle in Portland Code We know this may be disappointing to some, but during this time we must focus our limited resources on the removal of obviously inoperative, disabled, wrecked, dismantled, or junked vehicles. Though we will still take reports of vehicles with expired registration, they will only be investigated as resources and officer caseloads allow. Until further notice, the Parking Enforcement Abandoned Auto Unit will de-emphasize the enforcement and removal of abandoned automobiles where the only qualifying criterion is expired registration.

Abandoned vehicle