"Wholesale vehicle auction." A person that:
(1) is required to be licensed for commission,
compensation or other consideration in the business of
providing wholesale vehicle auction services at an
established place of business, regardless of whether the
person has custody or control of the vehicles; and
(2) has the authority of the buyer or seller of a
vehicle to negotiate or conduct a transaction on behalf of
the buyer or seller under the act of December 22, 1983
(P.L.306, No.84), known as the Board of Vehicles Act.
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Section 2. Section 7311.1 of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 7311.1. Reports by private property owners of abandoned
vehicles.
(a) Removal of abandoned vehicles.--
(1) A person on whose private property is located a
vehicle which has remained on the property without the
consent of the property owner or [his] an agent for more than
24 hours may authorize the removal or processing of the
vehicle.
(2) Prior to removal or processing of the vehicle,
[that] the person shall file a report, on a multipart form
prescribed by the department, with the local police
department declaring that an unauthorized vehicle has been
left unattended and on private property for at least 24
hours. One part of [such] the report shall be retained by
[that] the person[,] and the other part shall be filed with
the police department.
(3) The police department shall, within five business
days, process the vehicle as abandoned under this chapter and
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