(1) Notify the registered owner and secured parties as provided in division (C) below;
(2) Photograph the vehicle or trailer;
(3) Notify the Department of Transportation that the vehicle or trailer will be disposed of; and
(4) Unless the vehicle or trailer is claimed by a person entitled to possession of it within 15 days of the date of notice under division (C) below, dispose of the vehicle and its contents to a person who holds a valid dismantler certificate issued by the Department of Transportation.
(B) The Enforcement Officer shall provide to the person or tow company who tows the vehicle or trailer, at the time of the tow (or as soon as reasonably possible thereafter), a written statement containing the name and address of the registered owner and/or name and addresses of any persons claiming interests in the vehicle or trailer as shown by records of the Department.
(C) Within 48 hours (excluding holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays) after the written statement is provided under division (B) above to the person or tow company towing a vehicle or trailer, the person must give written notice to the persons whose names are furnished in the statement stating that a person entitled to possession of the vehicle or trailer has 15 days from the mailing date of the notice to claim the vehicle or trailer, and that if the vehicle or trailer is not claimed, it will be disposed of as provided in this section.
(D)
If an Enforcement Officer requesting towing of an abandoned vehicle or trailer fails to provide the person or Tow Company towing the vehicle or trailer with the written statement within 48 hours after the vehicle is towed, the person may dispose of the vehicle as provided in O.R.S. 819.210.
(E) Disposal of a vehicle or trailer to a dismantler as provided in this section extinguishes all prior ownership and possessor rights.
(Prior Code, § 6.650) (Ord. 2020-01, passed 1-27-2020)