Tex. Transp. Code § 683.011 : TRANSPORTATION CODE — VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC — PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES — ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES — ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES: SEIZURE AND AUCTION — Authority to Take Abandoned Motor Vehicle Into Custody TEXT PDF (a) A law enforcement agency may take into custody an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor found on public or private property. (b) A law enforcement agency may use agency personnel, equipment, and facilities or contract for other personnel, equipment, and facilities to remove, preserve, store, send notice regarding, and dispose of an abandoned motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or outboard motor taken into custody by the agency under this subchapter. Tex. Transp. Code § 683.011 Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011 Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 737 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005 Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.