If an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this chapter 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 hereinbefore provided, 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 must immediately send or cause to be sent written report of removal by mail to the State Department whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and must file a copy of the notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice must include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal, and name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
('72 Code, § 725:60)