In the event a vehicle or motor vehicle removed pursuant to this article is required to be impounded for evidentiary purposes or for other law enforcement purposes pursuant to the laws of the United States or New Mexico or the ordinances of the city, and pursuant to the Standard Operating Procedures of the Police Department, a police officer may place a police hold on such vehicle. The police hold may be oral initially; however, within 72 hours after such impoundment, notification in writing of the police hold shall be transmitted to the wrecker. If such notification is not transmitted, any oral police hold shall be considered rescinded. No vehicle on which a police hold is in effect shall be released to anyone except a law enforcement agency until a notification in writing rescinding the police hold is transmitted to the wrecker, or if APD has not taken any action on the vehicle within seven calendar days, then the hold shall be deemed released. The notification of police hold may also direct the wrecker to store the vehicle inside a locked building. Violation of this section shall be grounds for removal from the rotation list as provided herein.
('74 Code, § 9-9-21) (Ord. 3-1983; Am. Ord. 14-2000)