The Police Department shall be charged with
the custody of such personal property, including unclaimed or confiscated
personal property, goods or money, as may come into its possession
and shall dispose of such items, except motor vehicles, as provided
in this article.
The Police Department shall make a detailed
list of all personal property, including goods and money, delivered
to its possession. Said list shall include the name of the finder,
date taken into possession by the Police Department, whether it was
originally recovered, the date of original recovery and the final
disposition thereof.
[Amended 8-27-1996 by Ord. No. 1084]
Such personal property, including goods and
money, shall be held by the Police Department for a period of three
months, during which time every reasonable effort shall be made to
locate the owner thereof.
[Amended 8-27-1996 by Ord. No. 1084]
The Chief of Police shall, from time to time,
publish a notice setting forth that the Police Department maintains
a detailed list of lost and found articles and/or confiscated articles
of personal property and that if such personal property coming into
its possession is unclaimed for a period of three months, such property
will be returned to the finder or sold at public auction, according
to this article. Said notice shall be published by posting the notice
in at least three public places within the City and by publishing
the notice by and through the community information cable television
channel for the City.
Any lost, abandoned or confiscated property
or goods which cannot be properly preserved shall be sold as soon
as possible, and the proceeds less any costs of sale shall be accounted
for and dispersed according to the terms of this article.