Does taking an abandoned vehicle count as theft?
It depends what you mean by abandoned and the answer in most situations is yes, as the vehicle is owned and registered to someone else. A car is different from most other “articles” as each vehicle HAS to have a “registered keeper” who is responsible for any parking or congestion charges a vehicle incurs, so nobody in their right mind would ever “abandon” a vehicle. A keeper has to get the vehicle offically scrapped then they are no longer liable for the vehicle. .
