City of Masvingo (Abandoned Vehicles) By-laws, 2025

These by-laws deal with vehicles abandoned on public property or places open to public travel in the City of Masvingo without the council's consent.

Where the owner fails to remove the vehicle within three working days, the council tows it to a storage facility at the owner's expense; where it is abandoned in an inconvenient place it is towed within 24 hours. A vehicle not redeemed within 60 days is disposed of through an advertised auction to recover the council's expenses.

Before towing, the council and the Zimbabwe Republic Police assess the vehicle's condition and record defects, missing parts and broken gadgets on an inventory sheet, communicated to the owner where known with a copy to the police; the council is not liable for claims about those items. Secure compounds are designated by newspaper notice.

Fees are US$100 to tow a light vehicle and US$250 for a heavy vehicle, with storage at US$30 and US$50 a day respectively — five to eight times the equivalent Plumtree charges gazetted the same day.

The penalty schedule sets US$100 for obstructing an authorised person, while removing a wheel clamp and taking a vehicle from the secure compound are printed as US$0,00.