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Upon the receipt of a complaint from a private person regarding the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or automobile hulk or parts thereof on private property, or upon its own initiative, the sheriff’s office shall cause written notice to be given to the last registered owner of record of the vehicle and to the owner of record of the property upon which the vehicle or hulk is located to the effect that:

(1) A public hearing before the board of county commissioners on the matter of abatement and removal of the vehicle or hulk may be requested; and

(2) If no hearing is requested in writing within 15 days following the date of mailing of such notice, the vehicle or hulk will be removed; and

(3) Costs of removal may be assessed against the last registered owner of the vehicle or hulk, unless such owner in the transfer of ownership of such vehicle or hulk has complied with RCW 46.52.104, or the costs may be assessed against the owner of the property on which the vehicle is stored. (Added by § 6 of Res. adopted June 15, 1970).