Sec. 16. Garage keeper to report damaged and abandoned
vehicles.
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop to which is
brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been
involved in a serious motor vehicle accident or struck by a bullet
shall report to the police station within twenty-four hours after
such motor vehicle is received giving the engine number, registration
number and the name and address of the owner or operator
of such vehicle, if known.
The person in charge of any garage or repair shop, or automotive
service or storage place shall report to the police station any
motor vehicle left unclaimed in his place of business for more than
two weeks when he does not of his own knowledge know the
name of the owner and the reason for such storage. (Id., §
489(32).)
