Section 22851.1 Of Article 2. Vehicle Disposition From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 2.
22851.1
. (a) If the vehicle is impounded pursuant to subdivision
(i) of Section 22651 and not released as provided in that
subdivision, the vehicle may be sold pursuant to this chapter to
satisfy the liens specified in Section 22851 and in subdivision (b)
of this section.
(b) A local authority impounding a vehicle pursuant to subdivision
(i) of Section 22651 shall have a lien dependent upon possession by
the keeper of the garage for satisfaction of bail for all outstanding
notices of parking violation issued by the local authority for the
vehicle, when the conditions specified in subdivision (c) have been
met. This lien shall be subordinate in priority to the lien
established by Section 22851, and the proceeds of any sale shall be
applied accordingly. Consistent with this order of priority, the term
"lien," as used in this article and in Chapter 6.5 (commencing with
Section 3067) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code,
includes a lien imposed by this subdivision. In any action brought to
perfect the lien, where required by subdivision (d) of Section
22851.8 of this code, or by subdivision (d) of Section 3071 or
subdivision (d) of Section 3072 of the Civil Code, it shall be a
defense to the recovery of bail that the owner of the vehicle at the
time of impoundment was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of
the parking offense.
(c) A lien shall exist for bail with respect to parking violations
for which no person has answered the charge in the notice of parking
violation given, or filed an affidavit of nonownership pursuant to
and within the time specified in subdivision (b) of Section 41103.