Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 118

118 Sale of motor vehicle if not recovered after impounding ends

(1) This section applies if, within 30 days after a period of impounding ends—

(a) the owner of the motor vehicle does not recover the motor vehicle; or

(b) after making reasonable inquiries, a police officer can not find out who owns the motor vehicle.

(2) The commissioner may sell the motor vehicle and anything in or on it by public auction or dispose of it in the way the commissioner considers appropriate.

(3) For subsection (2) , the motor vehicle is taken to have been forfeited to the State.

(4) Notice of the proposed sale or disposal must be published on the police service website.

(5) If the name and address of the owner of the motor vehicle is known—

(a) the commissioner must also give written notice of the proposed sale or disposal to the owner; and

(b) the owner’s name and address must not be published on the police service website.