Abandoned vehicle: what happens if there is no municipal pound?

In its March 20, 2019 response, the department noted that there are three distinct situations:

• non-repairable vehicles that are immediately in the process of being destroyed and which, at the request of the mayor or the police authorities, can be moved to state-run pounds (if the owner of the vehicle is known, the removal and custody costs are his/her responsibility);
• vehicles considered to be wrecked for which, after a certain period of time, the Mayor may request impoundment (if the problem vehicle is repairable) or evacuation to an approved end-of-life vehicle center (ELV) (if the vehicle is not repairable), all at the expense of the holder of the registration certificate;
• vehicles constituting waste within the meaning of Article L. 541-1-1 of the Environmental Code for which, after a certain period of time, the mayor may make a transfer to a VHU center (at the expense of the municipality in the case of the absence of a known owner).