If the identity or location of the owner or other person entitled to possession of the property has not been ascertained within three (3) months after the Police Department obtains such possession, the Chief of Police or his designated agent shall effectuate the sale of the property for cash to the highest bidder at a public auction, notice of which (including time, place and a brief description of such property) shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village at least ten (10) days prior to such auction. Property offered but not sold at such public auction may be offered and sold at a subsequent public auction without such notice.
Proceeds of the sale of the property at public auction, less any reimbursement to the Police Department for the reasonable expenses of custody thereof, shall be deposited in the General Corporate Fund of the Village.
(Ord. 1326, 8-28-1979)
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