The city or any appropriate law enforcement agency is hereby authorized to remove and take into custody any abandoned vehicle found on public or private property in corporate limits of the city.
(2002 Code, sec. 8.302)
(a) 
When a vehicle has been determined to be abandoned, a notice shall be securely affixed to the windshield or other conspicuous place on the vehicle stating the following information:
(1) 
The name and telephone number of the affixing agent, whether it be the city or a law enforcement agency;
(2) 
“WARNING” or “NOTICE”: This vehicle may be impounded if it is not removed within forty-eight (48) hours;
(3) 
The date and time the notice is affixed to the vehicle;
(4) 
The vehicle's description, including, if possible, the license plate number or vehicle identification number, the make, and the model;
(5) 
The name and identification number, if any, of the agent affixing the notice.
(b) 
If, at the end of the forty-eight-hour period, the vehicle has not been removed, the city or a law enforcement agency shall remove and store the vehicle.
(c) 
The city or the law enforcement agency shall notify, within ten (10) days of removal, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, the last known registered owner of the vehicle and all lienholders of record. The notification hereunder shall describe the year, make, model and vehicle identification number, if any, of the abandoned vehicle, give the location of the facility where the vehicle is being held, and inform the owner and any lienholders of their right to reclaim the vehicle within twenty (20) days after the date of the notice upon full payment of all towing, preservation, storage, or other fees resulting from the removal and custody of the vehicle. Further, the notice shall state that the failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner and all lienholders of all right, title, and interest in the vehicle and their consent to the sale of the abandoned vehicle at public auction.
(d) 
If the identity of the last registered owner cannot be determined, or if the registration has no address for the owner, or if the determination with reasonable certainty of the identity and address of all lienholders is impossible, notice by one publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the city shall be sufficient to meet all requirements of notice pursuant to this section. Such notice by publication may contain a list of more than one abandoned vehicle. Any such notice shall be within the time requirements set forth in subsection (c) hereof, and shall contain all of the information required by that subsection.
(e) 
Any law enforcement agency that takes custody of any abandoned vehicle within the corporate limits of the city may use its own policies and procedures in lieu of this section, even if different from those set forth above.
(2002 Code, sec. 8.303)
If an abandoned vehicle has not been reclaimed as provided for in this article, the city or any law enforcement agency taking custody of the abandoned vehicle shall sell it at public auction.
Proper notice shall be given of the public auction, and of the time and place of such auction. The purchaser of the motor vehicle shall take title to the motor vehicle free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, shall receive a sales receipt from the city or the law enforcement agency conducting the auction, and shall be entitled to receive a certificate of title for the vehicle. From the proceeds of the sale of an abandoned vehicle, the city or the law enforcement agency conducting the auction shall be reimbursed for the expenses of the auction, the costs of towing, preserving, storing and other fees related to taking the vehicle into custody, and all notice, publication, towing, preserving, storing, and other costs and expenses which result from placing other abandoned vehicles in custody whenever the proceeds from such a sale of other abandoned vehicles are insufficient to meet those costs and expenses.
(2002 Code, sec. 8.304)
After deducting the reimbursement allowed under section 26.04.043, the remaining proceeds from the sale shall be held for ninety (90) days for the owner or lienholders of the vehicle. After this period, proceeds unclaimed by the owner or lienholders shall be deposited into an account of the city or the law enforcement agency for use by the city or law enforcement agency.
(2002 Code, sec. 8.305)