This chapter is meant to exclusively apply to the process for
conducting an inventory of the personal property in an impounded vehicle
and the personal possessions of a person in police custody and shall
not be interpreted to affect any other statutory or constitutional
right(s) that Police Officers may employ to search persons or search
or seize possessions for other purposes.
(Ord. 1811 § 1, 1996)
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
"Open container"
means a container which is unsecured or incompletely secured
in such a fashion that the container's contents are exposed to view.
"Police custody"
means:
1.
The imposition of restraint as a result of an arrest as that
term is defined at ORS 133.005(1); or
2.
The imposition of actual or constructive restraint by a Police
Officer pursuant to a court order; or
3.
The imposition of actual or constructive restraint by a Police
Officer pursuant to ORS Chapter 426; or
4.
The imposition of actual or constructive restraint by a Police
Officer for purposes of taking the restrained person to an approved
facility for the involuntary confinement of persons pursuant to Oregon
law.
"Valuable"
means:
1.
Cash money of an aggregate amount of $50 or more; or
2.
Individual items of personal property with a value of over $100.
(Ord. 1811 § 1, 1996)