Chapter 10.48 ABANDONED VEHICLES
Section 10.48.060 Abandoned vehicles--Notice tags--Report.
10.48.060 Abandoned vehiclesNotice tagsReport.
A. An officer who finds a vehicle or
parts believed to be abandoned shall attach in a prominent
place a notice tag continuing the following information:
1. The date, time, officer's name, and
address and telephone number of the police department;
2. That the vehicle or parts are considered
abandoned;
3. That the vehicle or parts will be
removed after seventy-two hours;
4. That the owner will be held responsible
for all costs incidental to the removal, storage and
disposal, and if not paid, the owner's registration privileges, including but not limited to the seizure
of the license plate for that vehicle, will be suspended on that vehicle;
5. That the owner may avoid costs by
removal of the vehicle or parts within seventy-two
hours.
B. If the tagged vehicle is not removed
within that seventy-two hour period, the officer shall
prepare a written abandoned vehicle report on the vehicle on the bureau's form 322B.
C. After seventy-two hours, the officer
shall require the vehicle to be towed to a storage area.
(Prior code § 15-180)