(

a) If the vehicle is impounded pursuant to subdivision (

i) of

Section and not released as provided in that subdivision, the vehicle may be sold pursuant to this

chapter to satisfy the liens specified in

Section and in subdivision (

b) of this section. (

b) A local authority impounding a vehicle pursuant to subdivision (

i) of

Section shall have a lien dependent upon possession by the keeper of the garage for satisfaction of bail for all outstanding notices of parking violation issued by the local authority for the vehicle, when the conditions specified in subdivision (

c) have been met. This lien shall be subordinate in priority to the lien established by

Section 22851, and the proceeds of any sale shall be applied accordingly. Consistent with this order of priority, the term “lien,” as used in this

article and in

Chapter 6.5 (commencing with

Section 3067) of Title of Part of Division of the Civil Code, includes a lien imposed by this subdivision. In any action brought to perfect the lien, where required by subdivision (

d) of

Section 22851.8 of this code, or by subdivision (

d) of

Section or subdivision (

d) of

Section of the Civil Code, it shall be a defense to the recovery of bail that the owner of the vehicle at the time of impoundment was not the owner of the vehicle at the time of the parking offense. (

c) A lien shall exist for bail with respect to parking violations for which no person has answered the charge in the notice of parking violation given, or filed an affidavit of nonownership pursuant to and within the time specified in subdivision (

b) of

Section 41103.