10.27.030: VEHICLE OWNERSHIP AS EVIDENCE:
   A.   In any prosecution against the registered owner of a motor vehicle charging a violation of any regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under any ordinance of the city of Coeur d'Alene, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any such ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of parking, the registered owner of the vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred. For the purposes of this subsection, proof that a person is the registered owner of a vehicle is not prima facie evidence that the registered owner has violated any other provision of law. Proof of a written lease or of rental agreement for a particular vehicle described in the complaint on the date and time of the violation, which lease or rental agreement includes the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is leased or rented, shall rebut the prima facie evidence that the registered owner was the person who parked or placed vehicle at the time and place where the violations occurred.
   B.   In any prosecution against the lessee or renter of a motor vehicle charging a violation of any regulation governing the standing or parking of a vehicle under any ordinance of the city of Coeur d'Alene, proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of any provision of the ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was, at the time of parking, the lessee or renter of the vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the lessee or renter of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred. For the purposes of this subsection, proof that a person is the lessee or renter of a vehicle is not prima facie evidence that the lessee or renter has violated any other provision of this law.
   C.   Any charge under such ordinance shall be dismissed when the person charged has made a bona fide sale or transfer of the vehicle, has delivered possession thereof to the purchaser, and has complied with the requirements of chapter IV, title 49 of the Idaho Code prior to the date of the alleged violation and has advised the court of the name and address of the purchaser and the date of the sale. (Ord. 1798 §1, 1983)