Notice to owner and lienholders upon nonconsensual tow

(a) If a motor vehicle is towed by order of a police officer or traffic authority, the state or municipal agency employing such police officer or such traffic authority, or the designee of such agency or authority, as permitted by statute, shall notify the owner and all lienholders of record in the manner provided by subsection (b) of this section. (b) The agency or authority shall complete the designated portions of DMV Form, "Motor Vehicle Notice of Tow" and mail a copy of said form by certified mail, return receipt requested to the owner and all lienholders of record not more than forty-eight (48) hours from the time of the tow. Such form shall be mailed to the most current address or addresses shown on the records of DMV. Such notice shall include all the information contained in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of subsection (e) of section 14-150 of the general statutes. The DMV shall, upon request by a licensed tower or storage facility made by telephone or telecommunications system, immediately provide to such tower or storage facility such registration and/or title information contained in its records pertaining to any towed motor vehicle as may be necessary for completing DMV Form "Motor Vehicle Notice of Tow" and providing notice of a tow to the owner and all lienholders of record. The tower or storage facility shall maintain in its files a record of each such request, including the date of the request and the information given by the tower or storage facility to the DMV in making such request. (c) This section shall not be construed to require a police agency, traffic authority or tower to notify the owner and all lienholders of record in any case where the owner or other, duly authorized person has claimed the motor vehicle, or made satisfactory arrangements to claim the vehicle, within forty-eight (48) hours of the time of tow.