An order has been given to destroy a Hyundai Atos left by Orduña

The Orduña City Council (Bizkaia) has published a mayoral resolution in issue number 171 of the Boletín Oficial de Bizkaia (BOB) on September 8, 2026, through which it has decided to transport a Hyundai Atos Prime to a treatment facility and destroy it. The vehicle had been left in the Parking La Estación parking lot, and the owner could not be notified because they are unknown at their residence.

The mayoral resolution is dated July 9, 2026, and was signed by Mayor Jon Iker Santocildes Pérez on August 31, 2026. The vehicle, with license plate 6971***, is registered in the name of Miguel Ángel Tellez Ruiz, holder of DNI number 446*****E.

Content of the Resolution

The resolution includes three main measures. First, it orders the removal of the vehicle from the public road and its transport to a treatment facility called Centro Autorizado de Tratamiento de Vehículos (CATV) for destruction and decontamination. Second, it states that the vehicle will remain in the owner’s name in the Vehicle Registry of the General Directorate of Traffic until it is deregistered, with the corresponding fiscal consequences. Third, it decides to notify the interested party of the content of the agreement.

The procedure is based on articles 5.2 and 6.1 of Royal Decree 265/2021, regarding the end-of-life of vehicles. This regulation establishes that treatment facilities must process the electronic deregistration of the vehicle and provide a certificate of destruction or environmental treatment, as provided in Annex III of the decree.

Notification and Resources

It was impossible to notify the owner, and therefore the announcement was published in the BOB journal and the City Council’s Notice Board, complying with articles 44, 45, and 46 of Law 39/2015 (Law of October 1 on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations).

Interested parties have two resources against the resolution:

• A two-month period to file a Recurso Contencioso-Administrativo (Contentious-Administrative Appeal), counting from the day following the receipt of the notification, before the Administrative Court of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Autonomous Community.
• Optionally, a one-month period to file a Recurso de Reposición (Appeal for Reversal) before the same body that issued the resolution, following articles 123 and 124 of Law 39/2015.

Consequences

This resolution shows that city councils activate procedures against abandoned vehicles, both for reasons of security and cleanliness, and for environmental requirements. Although the owner will continue to hold the vehicle until it is deregistered from the registry, the destruction entails the appropriate end-of-life treatment of the vehicle, which has a direct impact on the owner’s fiscal and administrative obligations.

Source: Boletín Oficial de Bizkaia, issue number 171, September 8, 2026, section II, pp. 1-2. (official reference: BOB-2026a171-(II-4684)).