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Section 39-11. Same - Notice to owner to remove vehicle. (a) If the Director finds any inoperative motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, as heretofore defined, which is not within a fully enclosed building or structure, he shall make diligent search and. inquiry Go determine the record owner of the land upon which the vehicle is located, and he shall notify said owner in w~iting by mail at his last known mailing address that he has found such violation and the nature thereof. He sha~i demand and it shall be the duty of the record owner of such land to cause such vehicle to be removed from the property forthwith.-and taken to an authorized place of storage. (b) The mai!i~g of such notice shall be proof thereof and the delivery of notice equivalent to mailing. (c) If the mailing address of the owner of the land upon which the vehicle is located is not known, and the land is unoccupied and the owner has no agent in the-City, such notice shall be posted upon such land as notice to the owner thereof. Section 39-13. Sa~a.e - Removal by City. If the violation described in the notice has not been remedied within twenty (20) days after the mailing or service thereof, the Director, with the assistance of the Chief of Police, shall have the right to remove the vehicle from the premises and dispos~ of said vehicle. Ail costs incurred in the removal and disposal of such vehicle shall be chargeable to the owner of the vehicle or to the owner of the premises and may be collected as taxes and levies are collected. Ail costs incurred thereby shall be docketed as a lien against the property on which the nuisance occurred in the Nuisance Abatement Lien Docket Book maintained in the office of the City Treasurer, which .lien shall remain in effect until removed by payment in full of said expenses. Section 23-470.1. Tax on vehicles not displaying current license plates. The annual license tax for motor vehicles not displaying current license plates shall be fifty dollars ($50.00). This tax shall not apply to those individuals exempted f~om the requirements of displaying such license plates under the provisions of Sections 46.1-42 through 46.1-49, 46.1-119 and 46.1-120~ Code of Virginia, 1950, and to those motor vehicles in a public dump, in an "automobile graveyard" as defined in Sections 33.1-348, Code of Virginia, 1950, or in the possession of a licensed junk dealer or licensed motor vehicle dealer.