58-247. Storage fee on vehicles; notice to lienholders.
(a) Whenever any person, while lawfully in possession of a vehicle, renders any service or otherwise charges a fee for the protection, storage or safekeeping of such vehicle and such storage fees have accumulated for 30 days, that person shall provide notice to the owner and the lienholder of record of such vehicle if:
(1) The name and address of the owner and lienholder of record are known to the person in possession of such vehicle; or
(2) the person in possession of such vehicle can ascertain by verification from the division of vehicles the name and address of the owner and any lienholders of record.
(b) Notice shall be mailed by certified mail to the owner and any such lienholder of record identified. Failure to give such notice shall stop the imposition of storage fees until the notice provisions described in this section are complied with. Notice shall not be required to be given to an owner or to a lienholder of record who has prior notice or actual knowledge that such fees could be charged or imposed or were in fact being charged or imposed.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to storage fees governed by K.S.A. 8-1103 and 58-208, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2002, ch. 129, § 1; July 1.