All abandoned, stolen or recovered property of every kind, including
motor vehicles, which shall remain unclaimed with the police department
for a period of sixty (60) days, without being claimed or reclaimed
by the owner, whether known or not, may be sold or disposed of at
public auction as provided in this article.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 1, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-1; 1983 Code, sec. 18-66; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
The chief of police shall give to the purchasing agent of the
city a list of all property subject to sale under the provisions of
this article and shall thereafter deliver such property, except motor
vehicles, to the purchasing agent before the date of sale, and take
a receipt from the purchasing agent, showing in detail all property
so delivered. Motor vehicles shall be kept by the chief of police
until a sale has been made.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 2, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-2; 1983 Code, sec. 18-67; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
Thirty (30) days’ notice of the time and place of a sale
under the provisions of this article, and a descriptive list of the
property and motor vehicles, or both, to be offered for sale, shall
be posted at the courthouse door of the county and at any regular
entrance to the city hall and a copy thereof sent by registered mail
to the last-known address of the owner, in the event the name of the
owner is known to the purchasing agent.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 3, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-3; 1983 Code, sec. 18-68; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
When the requirements of the preceding section have been met,
the property shall be offered for sale at public auction to the highest
bidder for each piece of property separately or assembled in lots,
whichever in the discretion of the purchasing agent shall offer the
best price obtainable for the property, provided that motor vehicles
that are operative under their own power shall be sold separately.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 3, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-4; Ordinance 4660 adopted 4/8/1965; 1983 Code, sec. 18-69; Ordinance 2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
The public auction provided for in this article shall be conducted at the place and hour designated in the notice referred to in section 14.05.003 of this article, and all sales shall be for cash.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 4, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-5; 1983 Code, sec. 18-70; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
The purchasing agent shall conduct the public auction provided
for in this article and he shall keep an accurate statement of each
article or motor vehicle sold and the price bid and paid therefor,
and shall make a complete report in writing to the chief accountant
of the time, place and manner of conducting the sale, and all funds
receiving on account of such auction shall be delivered to the chief
accountant, who shall give his receipt therefor. The chief accountant
is hereby required to place all funds received by him under and by
virtue of this article to the credit of the general fund, to be thereafter
disbursed as the city council shall order..
(Ordinance 1302, secs. 5, 6, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-6; 1983 Code, sec. 18-71; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
Any property which has been listed and offered for sale under
the provisions of this article and for which no price or sum has been
offered, if deemed by the purchasing agent to be worthless and without
value, shall be disposed of in such manner as the purchasing agent
shall prescribe. A description of all property destroyed or disposed
of by the purchasing agent as worthless or without value shall be
reported to the city council, together with the date and manner of
disposal.
(Ordinance 1302, sec. 7, adopted 11/13/1952; 1959 Code, sec. 27-7; 1983 Code, sec. 18-72; Ordinance
2012-O0084, sec. 1, adopted 8/23/2012)
