(A) Authorized. When authorized by this code or the laws of this state, members of the Police Department may remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise maintained by the city.
(B) Notice to owner. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records the owner thereof, the Evidence Technician shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to the owner of the fact of the removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to which the vehicle has been removed. If any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of the notice shall be given to the proprietor of the garage.
(C) Report when notice cannot be given to owner. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as provided in this section, and if the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of 3 days, then the Evidence Technician shall immediately send or cause to be sent a written report of the removal by mail to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, and shall file a copy of the notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. The notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for the removal, and name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
(Prior Code, § 50-289)