Sale or disposal of motorized personal property. Penalty

(a) As used in this section, “motorized personal property” includes mini-motorcycles, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, or other types of motorized personal property. (b) If any motorized personal property is towed or otherwise removed by a wrecker service, at the direction of an officer attached to an organized police department or an owner of real property where such personal property has been abandoned, such property shall be taken to and stored in a suitable place. Not later than forty-eight hours after the time that such property is taken into custody, the wrecker service shall give written notice by certified mail to the owner, if known, (1) that such property has been taken and stored, and (2) of the location of such property. Such wrecker service shall have a lien upon the same for towing or removal charges and storage charges. If such owner does not claim such property, or if the owner of such property is not known, the wrecker service may sell or dispose of such property after thirty days, subject to any provision of the general statutes, or any regulation adopted thereunder, concerning the sale or disposal of such property. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined not less than thirty-five dollars or more than fifty dollars, and, for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.