It shall be the duty of the Police Department to take possession of any article of property so abandoned, left or placed on any public or private property, and if the same is believed to have any value, to keep it and make an attempt to find the owner thereof, and to retain any article heretofore so taken up by it. It shall be the duty of the Department to maintain a place for the keeping of any article until the same shall be claimed or otherwise disposed of, and the town shall have a lien thereon for the reasonable expenses incurred and value or cost of the time and effort necessary in taking, removing and storing the article, and for the value of the storage and keeping thereof, and may retain possession until any and all the liens are discharged.
(1992 Code, § 9-2-8) (Ord. 31, § 13-5.3, passed 10-1-1975)