(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and unless the property involved is required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Ohio Revised Code, property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more shall be sold by the Marshal, Police Chief or licensed auctioneer at a public auction, after notice of sale has been provided by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the County or as provided in Ohio R.C. 7.16. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the Fiscal Officer and shall be credited to the General Fund of the Municipality.
(b) If the property involved is not required to be disposed of pursuant to another section of the Ohio Revised Code, upon approval of the Mayor, the Police Chief or Marshal may contribute property that is unclaimed for ninety days or more to one or more public agencies, to one or more nonprofit organizations no part of the net income of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities of which consists of carrying on propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, or to one or more organizations satisfying Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) or (c)(19).
(Ord. 2022-07. Passed 4-4-22.)