Any article declared by Section 7.20.070 of this code to be a nuisance as a result of the operation, use, keeping, possession, playing or maintaining of which any person has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to, any violation of any law of this State, or any of the provisions of this code, or any ordinance of this City, shall be destroyed by the Chief of Police after such plea or after judgment of conviction becomes final. Such article and the contents thereof shall be destroyed; provided, however, that any money so declared to be a nuisance shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City.
If any article subject to destruction, as herein provided, is in the custody of any court within the City, the Chief of Police shall cause an application to be made to such court for an order releasing such article to him for the purpose of complying with this section. (Ord. 1428 § 2 (part); December 22, 1959: Ord. 4121 § 1 (part); April 29, 1980.)