An abandoned motor vehicle or any property other than a junked motor vehicle, as defined in section
8.07.001, placed, left standing, parked, erected, or lying in violation of any ordinance or code of the city or left unattended for more than forty-eight (48) continuous hours in or on any public street, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public place of the city is declared to be a nuisance. Any such property when so found shall be removed summarily by any officer of the city and taken to the city pound and shall be kept there until redeemed or sold as herein provided.
(2014 Code, sec. 75.20)
The city shall have a lien on such impounded personal property
for all costs incurred in impounding, storing, and advertising such
property and such lien shall be prior and superior to all other liens
of every kind, save and except liens for ad valorem taxes. The city
may retain possession thereof until all costs are paid and may sell
the same as herein provided.
(2014 Code, sec. 75.21)
The owner or any person legally entitled to possession of such
impounded personal property may redeem the same as follows:
(1) Before sale:
By paying to the chief of police and [sic]any
actual expenses incurred by the city in keeping the property, as determined
by the chief of police.
(2) After sale:
By paying to the buyer at the auction sale
double the amount paid by him for such personal property and any reasonable
expenses incurred by him for keeping same, provided that the property
must be redeemed from the auction buyer within thirty (30) days after
the date of auction sale, excluding the date of sale. If not redeemed
within thirty (30) days after the date of auction sale, title to said
property shall become absolute in the auction buyer.
(2014 Code, sec. 75.22)