A. Whenever the City Manager has impounded a vehicle pursuant to this chapter and such vehicle has not been reclaimed, a notice shall be provided within twenty (20) days by certified mail to the last known registered owner of the vehicle and all lien holders of record, addressed to their last known addresses of record, that the vehicle has been taken into custody. Notice shall be deemed given when mailed.
B. The notice shall describe the year, make, model, and serial number of the vehicle, set forth the location of the facility where the vehicle is being held, inform the owner and the lien holders of their right to reclaim the vehicle within twenty one (21) days after accrued fines and costs for each outstanding violation, towing, preservation, and storage charges resulting from placing the vehicle in custody and upon payment of the costs of notice required pursuant to this section.
C. The notice shall also state that the failure of the owner or lien holders to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time period provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner and all lien holders of all right, title, claim, and interest in the vehicle, and that such failure is deemed consent to the sale of the vehicle at public auction or disposal to a demolisher. If the owner and lien holders do not exercise their right to reclaim such vehicle within the twenty one (21) day reclaiming period, such owner and lien holders shall no longer have any right, title, claim, or interest in or to such vehicle.
D. If the identity of the last registered owner cannot be determined, or if the registration contains no address for the owner, or if it is impossible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and addresses of all lien holders, notice by one publication in one newspaper of general circulation shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of notice under this section.
E. The owner or any lien holder may, by written request, delivered to the City Manager prior to the expiration of the twenty one (21) day reclaiming period, obtain an additional fourteen (14) days within which the vehicle may be reclaimed. (Ord. 44-08, 6-16-2008)