(1) With permission of the landowner, the Director or a law enforcement officer is authorized to enter onto property upon which a junk vehicle public nuisance exists, for the purpose of obtaining information about the vehicles necessary to determine the last registered owner, record the make and vehicle identification number or license number of the vehicle if available, and shall also verify that the approximate value of the junk vehicle is equivalent to only the approximate value of the parts, pursuant to RCW 46.55.230, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Director or law enforcement officer shall provide such information on the vehicle’s registered and legal owner to the landowner.

(2) If permissive entry cannot be obtained, the law enforcement officer or Prosecuting Attorney may apply to District Court for a search warrant notwithstanding the inability to locate the landowner.

(3) Denial by the landowner to grant permission to the Director or a law enforcement officer for the purpose set forth in subsection (1) of this section may be considered as evidence that the landowner is responsible for abating the junk vehicle public nuisance and as evidence that the landowner is acquiescing to the presence of the junk vehicle public nuisance for the purpose of this chapter.