When a police officer has reasonable cause to believe that any property received by a scrap metal merchant is stolen, the police officer may place a hold notice upon the suspected stolen property. The identified property upon which a hold notice has been placed must be held by the scrap metal merchant at the merchant’s place of business for 60 calendar days unless released sooner by authority of the Police Chief or his or her designee. After 60 calendar days, unless other disposition is authorized by the Police Chief or his or her designee, the hold is automatically released and scrap processor may dispose of the property.
(Prior Code, § 120.142) (Ord. 0-08-0027, passed 10-27-2008) Penalty, see § 117.999