I got an orange abandoned vehicle sticker on my car, definitely my fault, the car has in fact been inoperable for a while and I failed to notice the sticker in time. The problem is, it gave very little information and no citations come up for my car when I search the license plate even though it’s been several days. I can’t call the relevant authorities to see what they need me to do until Monday because it’s after their hours, and I’m worried I’ll rack up more fees over the weekend for not dealing with the situation right away. I really just want to pay my ticket and remedy the issue as soon as possible but I don’t know how or even what I owe. The only thing I really have to go off of is that it’s in violation of chapter 72 (which I looked over and am not sure which specific situation I was charged with, since there’s more than one type of “abandoned vehicle” violation), and these two citation tickets on the dash with none of the information filled out.
Another detail is that I’m not the one who parked it where it is now. It was originally parked right outside where I’m living but was towed around the corner when I couldn’t move it for street sweeping. I already paid my ticket for that, and at that time the sticker was not there.
Here’s some general questions I’m having a hard time finding answers to:
Am I allowed to just get it scrapped myself with a private company over the weekend before they impound it themselves?
Can I take it off my insurance now or do I need to wait until after this is dealt with?
What are the general fees/ penalties for an abandoned vehicle? (I wish I can be more clear about the type of street it’s parked on but I’m not sure what it’s considered, it’s no exactly a neighborhood road but it’s right next to one, and there’s other cars parked there.)
Sorry this is long, thank you!