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When a vehicle is authorized to be towed away as provided herein the following shall apply.
(A) The authorization, any hold order, and any release shall be in writing, or confirmed in writing, with a copy given to the towing service.
(B) The Police Department shall keep and maintain a record of the vehicle towed, listing the color, year of manufacture, manufacturer’s trade name, manufacturer’s series name, body style. Vehicle identification number, license plate year and number and registration sticker year and number displayed on the vehicle. The record shall also include the date and hour of tow, location towed from, location towed to, reason for towing and the name of the officer authorizing the tow.
(C) The owner, operator or other legally entitled person shall be responsible to the towing service for payment of applicable removal, towing, storage and processing charges and collection costs associated with a vehicle towed or held under order or authorization of the Police Department. If a vehicle towed or held under order or authorization of the Police Department is seized by the ordering or authorizing agency or any other law enforcement or governmental agency and sold, any unpaid removal, towing, storage and processing charges and collection costs shall be paid to the towing service from the proceeds of the sale, and that payment shall not, however, exceed the amount of proceeds from the sale, with the balance to be paid by the owner, operator or other legally entitled person.
(D) Upon delivery of a written release order to the towing service, a vehicle subject to a hold order shall be released to the owner, operator or other legally entitled person upon proof of ownership or other entitlement and, upon payment of applicable removal, towing, storage and processing charges and collection costs.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
(A) If the Police Department is unable to determine the identity of the registered owner, lienholder or other legally entitled person, of an impounded vehicle, the Police Department shall cause the vehicle registration records of the state to be searched by the Secretary of State for the purpose of obtaining the required ownership information.
(B) The Police Department will cause the stolen motor vehicle files of the State Police to be searched by a directed communication to the State Police for stolen or wanted information on the vehicle. The information determined from these record searches will be used to send a notification by certified mail to the registered owner, lienholder and other legally entitled persons advising where the vehicle is held, requesting a disposition be made and setting forth public sale information. Notification shall be sent no later than ten business days after the date of impoundment, provided that if the Police Department is unable to determine the identity of the registered owner, lienholder or other person legally entitled to ownership of the impounded vehicle within a ten- business day period after impoundment, then notification shall be sent no later than two days after the date the identity of the registered owner, lienholder or other person legally entitled to ownership of the impounded vehicle is determined. Exceptions to a notification by certified mail to the registered owner, lienholder and other legally entitled persons are set forth in § 4-209 of Illinois Vehicle Code, being 625 ILCS 5/4-209.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
When the registered owner, lienholder or other person legally entitled to the possession of a vehicle cannot be identified from the registration files of this state or from the registration files of a foreign state, if applicable, the Police Department shall notify the State Police, for the purpose of identifying the vehicle owner or other person legally entitled to the possession of the vehicle.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
Any hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle impounded pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter and § 11-40-3.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, being 65 ILCS 5/11-40-3.1, whether impounded at a public facility or on the property of a private towing service, shall be kept in custody for a period of ten days for the purpose of determining the identity of the registered owner or lienholder and contacting such owner or lienholder, if known, by regular U.S. Mail. At the expiration of the ten-day period, without the benefit of disposition information being received from the registered owner or lienholder, the Police Department shall authorize the disposal of the vehicle as junk.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
When a vehicle is reclaimed by the registered owner, lienholder or other legally entitled person, or when the vehicle is sold at public sale or otherwise disposed of, a report of the transaction will be maintained by the Police Department for a period of one year from the date of the sale or disposal.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
When a vehicle located within the corporate limits of a city, village or town is authorized to be towed away by the Police Department and disposed of as set forth herein, the proceeds of the public sale or disposition after the deduction of towing, storage and processing charges shall be deposited in the treasury of the city.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
Whenever any Illinois resident fails to pay any fine, charge, or cost imposed for a violation of § 70.085, the City Clerk shall notify the Secretary of State and make application to prohibit the renewal, reissue or reinstatement of the resident’s driving privileges until the fine, charge or cost has been paid in full. The City Clerk shall provide notice to the owner, at the owner’s last known address as shown on the court’s records stating that the action will be effective on the forty-sixth day following the date of the above notice if payment is not received in full by the court of venue.
(Ord. 2016-001, passed 1-12-2016)
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