Any person, firm or corporation who shall remove, store or keep any such vehicle at the request of any such police officer shall have a lien on such vehicle for the reasonable value of such services. Such lien shall be superior and prior to any mortgage or title-retaining contract on such vehicle, and if such charges are not paid within 30 days after the mailing of the notice required by § 71.07, or after 30 days after the date of removal if no notice is required under § 71.07, the person, firm or corporation performing the same may proceed to sell the property at public auction by giving ten days’ public notice of the sale by advertising in some newspaper published in the county where such property is situated, or if there be no newspaper published in the county, then by posting notice of sale in three of the most public places in the county for ten days previous to such sale. The proceeds of the sale must first be applied to the discharge of the lien and costs. The remainder, if any, must be paid over to the owner of the vehicle.
(Ord. 562, passed 8-17-1999)