(a) When a vehicle is removed from private property at the direction of a person other than the registered owner of the vehicle or a police agency, the custodian of the vehicle immediately shall notify the police agency from whose jurisdiction the vehicle was towed. The custodian shall supply that information which is necessary for the police agency to enter the vehicle into the law enforcement information network.
(b) Upon receipt of the notification described in subsection (a) above, the police agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Determine if the vehicle has been reported stolen;
(2) Enter the vehicle into the law enforcement information network.
(c) The owner of the vehicle removed as described in subsection (a) above may obtain release of the vehicle by paying the accrued towing and storage fees to the custodian of the vehicle. Upon release of the vehicle, the custodian shall notify the police agency of the disposition of the vehicle.
(d) If the vehicle described in subsection (a) above is not claimed by the owner within seven (7) days after the police agency had been notified by the custodian that it has been taken into custody, the vehicle is deemed abandoned and the procedures prescribed in § 28-36 apply.
(Ord. 2939, passed 2-11-1985)