For your reference, this has been logged as case #240415-001995. You will be notified with updates via SeeClickFix.

The car was pushed across the street after told to move but is still an issue.
I don’t get it, if my car had an expired tag on a city street, it would be towed. This car doesn’t have a tag or a license plate and they say they can’t tow it? Makes no sense.

Poor training is the answer. Any vehicle regardless of registration can be abandoned. APD Abandoned vehicle unit only has four people and they do not know how to properly address abandoned cars. Any vehicle in one place for over 36 hours is abandoned unless it has a valid police sticker allowing the storage of said car for 15 days. So if ANY car is parked in the same place for over 36 hours it is abandoned if there is no police sticker.

Inoperable is any expired license plate. They say if the vehicle is moved they have to start the clock again and usually do not get back to it for a week. APD and Parking Enforcement do not follow the city ordinances that say the lack of mobility (odometer shows .2 of a mile) does not apply because it is simply 10 feet away from where it was first observed. That is simply not true because the burden of proof is on the owner that the vehicle has moved the required distance. With the burden of proof on the owner if a car is within 1000ft of the original spot it is abandoned still and has not proved mobility.

That van is 100% abandoned and 100% inoperable.

Email or call your City Councillor, APD commander of illegally parked vehicle, Parking, Municipal Development Director, and the Mayor to express your concerns. That is the only way we as a city can hold them accountable. Stress to the Mayor and City Council that towing of inoperable vehicles should be changed from MAY to SHALL in the Ordinances.

8-5-1-19 PARKING WITHOUT LICENSE PLATE.
No person shall park upon any street or upon any public property any motor vehicle not bearing or displaying a license plate specifically issued for such motor vehicle, except as may be authorized by law or regulation of any duly authorized governmental agency issuing such license plate. The Police Department shall have authority to impound such vehicle under § 8-5-2-3(A)(1).

INOPERABLE VEHICLE. Any vehicle which, for a period of at least three consecutive days, the engine, wheels, tires or other parts have been removed or on which the engine, wheels, tires, or other parts have been altered, damaged or otherwise so treated that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its own motor power. A vehicle that is not registered or does not display a current valid license plate and validating sticker shall be deemed inoperable. Inoperable vehicle shall include any parts of a vehicle located separately from a vehicle. A vehicle shall be deemed inoperable when it has one or more flat tires or has one or more missing windshield or window, or has one or more windshield or window broken to the extent that visibility is limited so as to make driving such vehicle unsafe. An INOPERABLE VEHICLE does not include any motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use, nor a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise. An inoperable vehicle does not include a vehicle for which a temporary sticker has been issued pursuant to § 8-5-2-3(B).

LACK OF MOVEMENT. Proof that the vehicle's odometer shows movement of no more than 2/10ths of a mile during any specified period of time shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was left in one place.

8-5-2-3 ABANDONED AND INOPERABLE VEHICLES.
(A) A vehicle is abandoned if:
(1) The vehicle is parked on or along any street, alley or public way and the vehicle displays no current license plate and validating sticker; or
(2) The vehicle is left unattended on or along any public property, street, alley or public way in the same place for a period of 36 hours without a valid police sticker as defined in division (B) of this section;

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/albuquerque/latest/albuquerque_nm/0-0-0-119922

Thank you for submitting this request, it has been transferred to the appropriate department for resolution. Notes:
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"ACS has responded to this request for service, but was not able to locate the consumer. No further actions taken at this time."
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Abandoned vehicle

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For your reference, this has been logged as case #240419-002421. You will be notified with updates via SeeClickFix.

Thank you for submitting this request, it has been transferred to the appropriate department for resolution. Notes:
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ACS has responded to this request for service and has closed out this case.
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