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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Seyarto</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 3073 of the Civil Code, relating to liens. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Vehicle lien sales: Department of Motor Vehicles: notice.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law requires that the proceeds of a vehicle lien sale be paid to the lienholder in the amount necessary to discharge the lien and to cover the cost of processing the vehicle. Existing law requires that the balance be forwarded to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as provided. Existing law authorizes any person claiming an interest in the vehicle to file a claim with the Department of Motor Vehicles for any portion of the funds from the lien sale that was forwarded to the department, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, within 14 days of receiving the balance, to provide prescribed notice about the funds from the lien sale that were forwarded to the department and the process to file a claim, as described above, to specified individuals, including the registered and legal owners of the
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 3073 of the
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<html:p>The proceeds of a vehicle lien sale under this chapter shall be disposed of as follows:</html:p>
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(a)
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The amount necessary to discharge the lien and the cost of processing the vehicle shall be paid to the lienholder. The cost of processing shall not exceed seventy dollars ($70) for each vehicle valued at four thousand dollars ($4,000) or less, or one hundred dollars ($100) for each vehicle valued over four thousand dollars ($4,000).
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(b)
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(1)
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The balance, if any, shall be forwarded to the Department of Motor Vehicles within 15 days of any sale conducted pursuant to Section 3071 or within five days of any sale conducted pursuant to Section 3072 and deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account in the State Transportation Fund, unless federal law requires these funds to be disposed in a different manner.
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(2)
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Within 14 days of receipt of the balance, as specified in paragraph (1), the Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide notice specifying the amount of funds from the lien sale that were forwarded to the department and how to file a claim pursuant to subdivision (c), by certified mail and with return receipt requested, to each of the following:
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(A)
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The registered and legal owners of the vehicle.
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(B)
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All persons known to have an interest in the vehicle.
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(c)
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Any person claiming an interest in the vehicle may file a claim with the Department of Motor Vehicles for any portion of the funds from the lien sale that were forwarded to the department pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b). Upon a determination of the Department of Motor Vehicles that the claimant is entitled to an amount from the balance deposited with the department, the department shall pay that amount determined by the department, which amount shall not exceed
the amount forwarded to the department pursuant to subdivision (b) in connection with the sale of the vehicle in which the claimant claims an interest. The department shall not honor any claim unless the claim has been filed within three years of the date the funds were deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account.
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