(A) Custodian; records kept; disposition.
(1) The Chief of Police shall keep a record of all property which may be seized or otherwise taken possession of by the police force. The custody and disposition of all personal property believed to be abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed which shall be in the custody of the Village Police Department and the Chief of Police shall be disposed of by the Chief of Police in accordance with the provisions of “An Act Relating to Custody and Disposition of Certain Property Possessed by Law Enforcement Agencies”, heretofore approved on 8-21-1963, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 141, §§ 141 through 146.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of division (A)(1) above, if any property so seized or taken shall be of a perishable nature or so bulky or of a nature as to make it dangerous or inadvisable to retain possession thereof for the length of time herein set forth, the Chief of Police, with the approval of the Chairperson of the Fire and Police Commission, may cause the property to be advertised immediately and shall sell the property at public auction at any time after three days shall have elapsed from the seizure or taking thereof.
(3) The proceeds of any sale, after deducting the costs and expenses incident thereto, shall be paid to the Village Treasurer for deposit to the corporate account of the village.
(B) Seized weapons. None of the provisions of division (A) above shall apply to pistols, revolvers, knives, metallic knuckles or other deadly weapons of like character. All weapons, except those that the Chief of Police shall deem to be of use to the Department, within six months after their receipt, shall be disposed of as provided by state law or regulation.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-7)