[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Penn
Yan 1-17-1972 (Ch. 49 of the 1969 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Any person who finds lost property, as defined by Article 7-B of the
Personal Property Law, shall within 10 days after the finding or acquisition
of possession thereof either return it to the owner or report such finding
or acquisition of possession and deposit such property in the police station
of the Village of Penn Yan where the finding occurred or possession was acquired.
The police with whom found property is deposited shall accept and retain
custody of the property and shall give to the person depositing it a receipt
identifying the transaction of the deposit and identifying the property.
Such property shall be transmitted, together with the report of the
person who deposited it with the police, to the police officer or other official
designated to hold such property, who shall make entry in his records of such
deposit and the report of the person depositing such property with the police.
A.
If the report of the person who deposited the property
shows that the property was found in a place other than a public street or
highway, the police with whom it is deposited shall give notice of the finding
and deposit, including the location of the office to which the property is
transmitted, to the occupant of the premises where the property was found
or to the person in charge of such premises.
B.
The police with whom property is deposited shall give
notice of the deposit to each person whose name and address appears upon the
property or whose name so appears and whose address is known to the police.
A.
Upon the expiration of six months from the date of the
acceptance and retention of the property by the Police Department or upon
the expiration of six months from the date of possession of the property by
the Police Department, the police may sell at public auction to the highest
bidder after publishing in the Yates County Chronicle Express a notice of
sale once, and not less than seven days before the date of sale upon due notice
of such public sale; such notice of sale being made pursuant to a motion by
the Board of Trustees of the Village of Penn Yan, New York.
B.
If no bids are received at public sale and the property
has no value, it may be destroyed by the police, or if it has salvage value
only, it may be sold by the police in such manner as may be reasonable in
the circumstances.
Proceeds of the sale shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions
of the Personal Property Law and the General Municipal Law, and any unclaimed
funds after six months shall be deposited in the general fund of the Village
of Penn Yan, New York.