A tow-truck and its cargo cross a bridge over Gold Brook along Vermont Route 100 south of Stowe, Vt., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Photo credit: Dave Gram / AP.
A tow-truck and its cargo cross a bridge over Gold Brook along Vermont Route 100 south of Stowe, Vt., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Photo credit: Dave Gram / AP.

Owners who have had their vehicles towed in Maryland could learn about it much faster under a change in law taking effect October 1.

HB191/SB40 was approved unanimously by the General Assembly earlier this year and then signed into law by Governor Wes Moore. It requires any company that tows a vehicle to notify the state Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) after doing so. The MVA will then notify the vehicle’s owner via email.

Read more (and listen) at WYPR.