(a) The following property may be sold by the city in the manner provided in this article:
(1) abandoned, stolen, or recovered property, except motor vehicles, that remain unclaimed with the city for 60 days, whether or not the owner is known;
(2) abandoned, stolen, or recovered motor vehicles that remain unclaimed with the city for 30 days, whether or not the owner is known;
(3) personal property owned by the city that has been declared surplus, obsolete, worn out, or useless by the head of a department and that is no longer needed for public use; except that microcomputer equipment and software covered by the microcomputer executive plan policy must be disposed of in accordance with that policy; and
(4) city-owned firearms and firearm accessories and ammunition that the chief of police has declared surplus or obsolete and has recommended for use as trade-ins on new property of the same general type.
(b) Property listed in Subsection (a)(4) may be traded only to a person holding a federal firearms license.
(c) Items of personal property, the sale of which is restricted by criminal law, may only be sold by the city if the sale is in accordance with all applicable provisions of the law containing the restrictions.
(d) Cash money that is abandoned, stolen, or recovered, that remains unclaimed with the police department for 60 days, and that is not being held for evidence, whether or not the owner is known, must be deposited in the general fund of the city unless the money is of collector quality. Money of collector quality may be sold as other personal property. (Ord. Nos. 15519; 18201; 18212; 19312; 21877; 22153; 27865; 29478, eff. 10/1/14)