(A) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the Town Marshal, from any information or reports in its files received by him or her from any source whatever, shall promptly on demand therefore furnish to any person who has sustained any loss or damage, by reason of the injury or death of any person or damage to property caused by or resulting from the operation, maintenance or use of any vehicle upon any public street or highway of this state, the following information:
(1) The name and address of the owner and operator of any vehicle involved in the accident;
(2) The license number and description of any vehicle involved in the accident;
(3) The time and place the accident occurred;
(4) The names and addresses of any persons injured or killed in the accident; and
(5) The names and addresses of any persons who were witnesses to the accident.
(B) In addition to the information requests provided for in division (A) above, the Town Marshal, from any information or reports in his or her files received by him or her from any source whatever, shall promptly on demand therefore furnish to any person who has sustained any loss or damage, by reason of the injury or death of any person or damage or loss to any property, the following information:
(1) The name and address of any person and the owner and operator of any vehicle if any, involved in the accident or loss;
(2) The license number and description of any vehicle involved in the accident;
(3) The time and place the accident or loss occurred; the names and addresses of any persons injured or killed in the accident or loss; and
(4) The names and addresses of any persons who were witnesses to the accident.
(C) Any person so entitled to the information may obtain the same from the Town Marshal either in person or through his or her duly authorized agent or attorney. The agent or attorney shall first file with the Town Marshal a verified authorization therefore signed by the person so entitled to the information.
(D) When the above-referenced information is furnished by means of a duplicating machine copy of the investigator's report of the accident, the Town Marshal shall be entitled to charge a fee in an amount set forth in the Town Fee Schedule.
(E) The fee shall be deposited in a separate account to be known as the accident report account and it may be expended at the discretion of the Town Marshal of the department, for any department purposes reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and records or the prevention of street and highway accidents.
(F) If the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the accident or loss occurred shall advise the department that in his or her opinion the information should not be released to any person, and shall assign as his or her reason therefore that criminal charges have been filed, or are in contemplation of being filed, against any person as a result of the accident, the department shall thereupon withhold any information until its release is approved by the prosecuting attorney.
(Ord. 186, passed 2-15-1982 (84-30))