A fee of $40 shall be assessed and collected for any vehicle tow release, except as expressly excluded herein, performed by the Town Metropolitan Police Department in instances when criminal charges are filed against the owner of the vehicle as a result of the incident that caused the vehicle to be towed. Vehicles that are towed for expired license plates due to failure of passage of emissions testing are excluded from payment of the vehicle tow release fee; provided, however, that the owner of a towed vehicle shall be required to present evidence and information verifying or validating failure of passage of emissions testing for the towed vehicle when seeking release of the towed vehicle. The processing of said vehicle tow release fee shall be in conformance with the applicable requirements of the State of Indiana Board of Accounts. The fee shall be paid directly to the Police Department and thereafter shall be processed to the non-reverting police equipment fund. Payment of this fee shall be made in the form of cash, cashier’s check or money order only.
(Ord. 853, passed 2-17-03; Am. Ord. 1027, passed 1-8-08; Am. Ord. 1294, passed 7-17-18)