I went to Santo Domingo and stayed in the Zona Colonial and I had absolutely no issues and actually didn't see any police anywhere.

To be clear: unless you are rezoning the property or it is yet to receive its Certificate of Occupancy, there are no "code police" that would be relevant.

Would the police arrest the payor or the payee as discussed in other posts.

I'd call the police on the pervert.

I once found a web site that showed police/criminal activity per type of offense in just about every city in the US.

Question is:  is there something/some ways to turn over the bad apples to rebuild its reputation; or should the local police be notified? 

Also, give the police department a call if you are looking at a particular neighborhood/street in either town. 

Most will just throw them away, but really aggressive groups will drop them off at the nearest police station.

A writ of execution may be needed (essentially a judgment) to "seize" the car before you can do anything else.Contact a local attorney that is familiar with the abandoned property laws in your area, discuss your options, and then go forward from there.Dave, you were correct.after several months of dealing with the MVA and local Town Court, I finally was able to narrow down the exact process on how to dispose or re-title this abandoned car:1) if you happen to know how to track down the last owner of the vehicle, send him/her a registered letter asking either to come to pick up the vehicle, or to sign the title over to you2) if you do not get a reply, call the police as suggested by @Dale Hensley .

I'd send a link but the BP police keep knocking me down when I do that :-)