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Vehicle impoundment is the legal process of placing a vehicle into an impoundment lot, which is a holding place for cars until they are either placed back in the control of the owner, or auctioned off for the benefit of the impounding agency. ==Reasons for impoundment== Vehicles may be impounded: * by government agencies (usually municipalities) when * * there are unresolved parking violation(s) of a certain age, and possibly above a total fine threshold * * in certain instances, during the violation of a parking ordinance ("tow away zone") * * the registrant of the vehicle has certain unresolved moving violations * * the vehicle is collected as evidence of the commission of a potential crime (e.g. homicide or drug smuggling). * in some jurisdictions, as part of repossession of a vehicle by a lessor or lender The process for impoundment is as follows: * Owner or operator creates the legal basis for impoundment as above (failure to make payments, illegal vehicle usage, etc.) * A grant of authority to impound is made either implicitly or explicitly (see below) * An agency that has the legal authority to execute impoundment locates the vehicle (see below) * The agency takes possession of the vehicle and tows it to the impoundment lot * If the owner or operator does not clear the issue (payment, etc.), after a certain defined period, the vehicle is sold at auction * After deducting the costs of the auction, the impoundment process, and any other fees from the sale price, the remainder is returned to the owner 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vehicle impoundment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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