(A) When an abandoned or junked motor vehicle is removed from private property at the request of the owner, lessee or occupant thereof, the person at whose request the vehicle was removed shall be required to pay or otherwise indemnify the village for any expenses incurred by reason of the removal and storage of the vehicle.
(B) The owner of any vehicle removed hereunder from any public street or highway, or any property owned or operated by the village, or any private property, shall pay to the municipality all reasonable cost incident to the removal and storage of the vehicle and to locating the owner thereof.
(C) Written notice of each removal of an abandoned or junked vehicle and of the possible sale or disposition thereof shall be given as promptly as possible to the owner at the last known address according to the latest vehicle registration certificate or certificate of title on file with the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
(D) Notice does not need to be given to the registered owner when the vehicle does not display a license plate and the vehicle identification numbers have been removed or defaced so as to be illegible.
(2002 Code, Ch. 80, § 80.05)