(A) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in § 70.20 and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, the officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to the owner of the fact of the removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed. In the event any vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of the notice shall be given to the proprietor of the garage.
(B) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under § 70.20 and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as provided in division (A) above, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days, then and in that event the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of the removal by mail to the State Department whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of this notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. This notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time, and place from which removed, the reasons for the removal, and name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(‘67 Code, § 70.44 (B),(C)) (Ord. 11-1952, passed 9-2-52)