{"id":"2817a870-cea5-4baf-98fb-fef6022dca69","task":"Process an unclaimed towed or impounded vehicle through lien sale or auction","domain":"towing-general","steps":["Confirm the statutory holding period has elapsed with no owner/lienholder claim","Run or re-verify the lienholder search to ensure all interested parties were properly identified","Send required pre-auction notice to the owner and lienholders per state law","Publish/schedule the lien sale or auction per jurisdictional notice requirements","Process the sale, apply proceeds against accrued storage/towing fees, and remit any statutory surplus to the owner"],"gotchas":["Auction notice timing, publication requirements, and surplus-fund handling differ by state; a workflow tuned for one state's rules will not be compliant if copied to another","Failing to properly notify a lienholder (not just the owner) before sale is a common source of legal disputes even when the owner notice was done correctly"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T00:09:05Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2817a870-cea5-4baf-98fb-fef6022dca69"}