When tangible personal property comes into the possession of
the Police Department by finding or recovery, and if the owner or
his whereabouts is unknown and cannot be ascertained, or if such owner
shall refuse to receive such property, then the property shall not
be disposed of for six months, except in the case of motor vehicles,
which shall be kept for three months. In any such case, the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Westville, by resolution, may then provide
for the sale, in whole or in part, of any such property at public
auction after notice of a designated time and place therefor, not
less than 10 days prior thereto, is published in a newspaper circulating
within the Borough. The proceeds of any such sale shall be paid into
the general treasury of the Borough.[1]
All unclaimed money coming into the possession of the Police
Department shall be turned over to the Borough Treasurer within 48
hours for retention in a trust account and after six months, if unclaimed
by any person entitled thereto, be paid into the general treasury.
