Junk Vehicles

Junked vehicles, including parts of a junked vehicle, which are located in any place where they are visible from a public place or right-of-way are detrimental to the safety and welfare of the general public, tending to reduce the value of private property, to invite vandalism, to create fire hazards, and to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, and are detrimental to the economic welfare of the city by producing urban blight which is adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of the city, and such vehicles are, therefore, declared to be a public nuisance. 

Junked Vehicle

  A vehicle that:

(A)     Is self-propelled; and

(B)     Is:

(i)     Wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded; or

(ii)     Inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than:

a.     72 consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on public property; or

b.     30 consecutive days, if the vehicle is on private property.

(2)     For purposes of this article, “junked vehicle” includes a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft. This article applies only to:

(A)     A motor vehicle that displays an expired license plate or does not display a license plate;

(B)     An aircraft that does not have lawfully printed on the aircraft an unexpired federal aircraft identification number registered under Federal Aviation Administration aircraft registration regulations in 14 C.F.R. part 47; or

(C)     A watercraft that:

(i)     Does not have lawfully on board an unexpired certificate of number; and

(ii)     Is not a watercraft described by section 31.055, Parks and Wildlife Code.

Abandoned Motor Vehicle

An Abandoned Motor Vehicle is a:

  • motor driven or propelled vehicle required to be registered under the laws of this state
  • trailer or semitrailer other than manufactured housing, that has a gross vehicle weight that exceeds 4,000 pounds
  • travel trailer
  • off-highway vehicle:
    • an all-terrain vehicle or recreational off-highway vehicle
    • a sand rail
    • a utility vehicle
  • motorcycle or moped that is not required to be registered under the laws of this state
  1. Which is inoperable, more than five (5) years old, and has been left unattended on public property for more than forty-eight (48) hours. 
  2. Remained illegally on public property for more than forty-eight (48) hours
  3. Remained on private property without the consent of the owner or person in charge of the property for more than forty-eight (48) hours
  4. Has been left unattended on the right-of-way of a designated county, state, or federal highway for more than forty-eight (48) hours
  5. Has been left unattended for more than twenty-four (24) hours on the right-of-way of a turnpike project constructed and maintained by the Texas Turnpike Authority division of the Texas Department of Transportation or a controlled access highway
  6. Is considered an abandoned motor vehicle under Section 644.153 (r) of the Texas Transportation Code
     

Junk Vehicle

A Junk Vehicle shall be a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft which is self-propelled unlike that of an Abandoned Motor Vehicle which includes trailers, semitrailers, and/or travel trailers. 

The self-propelled Junk Vehicle shall be: wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded or inoperable and has remained inoperable for more than: 

  • seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, if the vehicle is on public property
  • thirty (30) days, if the vehicle is on private property

The Junk Vehicle shall also:

  • display a expired license plate or does not display a license plate,
  • be an aircraft which does not have lawfully printed on the aircraft an unexpired federal aircraft identification number registered under Federal Aviation Administration aircraft registration regulations in fourteen (14) C.F.R. Part 47
  • be a watercraft that does not have lawfully on board an unexpired certificate of number


The Code Enforcement Department does not have the authority to address Abandoned Vehicles. 

For Abandoned Vehicles, please contact the Snyder Police Department at: 325-573-0261

For information regarding Abandoned Vehicles, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles has further useful information. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles - Abandoned Vehicles