(A) When the Monticello City Police Department does not know the identity of the registered owner, lien holder, or other legally entitled person of a vehicle being impounded, the City Police Department will cause the vehicle registration records of the State of Illinois to be searched by the Secretary of State for the purpose of obtaining the required ownership information.
(B) The City Police Department will cause the stolen motor vehicle files of the State Police to be searched by a directed communication to the State Police for stolen or wanted information on the vehicle. When the State Police files are searched with negative results, the information contained in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) files will be searched by the State Police. The information determined from these record searches will be returned to the City Police Department for that agency’s use in sending a notification by certified mail to the registered owner, lien holder, and other legally entitled persons advising where the vehicle is held, requesting a disposition be made and setting forth public sale information. Notification shall be sent no later than 10 days after the date the City Police Department impounds or authorizes the impounding of a vehicle; provided that if the City Police Department is unable to determine the identity of the registered owner, lien holder, or other person legally entitled to ownership of the impounded vehicle within a 10-day period after impoundment then notification shall be sent no later than 2 days after the date the identity of the registered owner, lien holder, or other person legally entitled to ownership of the impounded vehicle is determined. Exceptions to a notification by certified mail to the registered owner, lien holder, and other legally entitled persons are set forth in § 75.10.
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Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 4-205