A. No person may abandon a vehicle or other property upon a highway, street, or vehicular way or area.

B. No person may abandon a vehicle or other property upon public property or upon private property without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property.

C. A vehicle or other property abandoned as described in subsections (A) and (B) of this section is a public nuisance and is subject to abatement.

D. A person who abandons a vehicle or other property in a place specified in subsection (A) or (B) of this section is considered responsible for the abandonment of the vehicle or other property and is liable for the cost of its removal and disposition.

E. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B) of this section, the lawful owner of a vehicle or other property, as shown by the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, whether or not he has complied with the provisions of AS 28.10.271, is considered responsible for the abandonment of the vehicle, or other property and is liable for the cost of removal and disposition of the abandoned vehicle or other property unless: (1) the vehicle or other property was abandoned by a person driving the vehicle without the permission of the owner; or (2) the identity of the person abandoning the vehicle or other property is established and the abandonment was without the consent of the owner. (Prior code § 14.04.010)