A. If the owner of the property is unknown or has not claimed the property, the person saving or finding the property shall, if the property is of the value of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more, within a reasonable time turn the property over to the Redlands police department if found in the city, and execute an affidavit, stating when and where he or she found or saved the property, particularly describing it. If the property was saved, the affidavit shall state: 1) from what and how it was saved, 2) whether the owner of the property is known to the affiant, and 3) the affiant has not secreted, withheld or disposed of any part of the property.
B. The city's chief of police shall be the custodian of all property seized, recovered and found, stored or otherwise coming into the custody of the city's police department as a result of police officers and employees carrying out their official duties, and as a result of found property which is given to the care and custody of the city's police department by citizens. The chief of police or his or her designee shall notify the owner, if the owner's identity is reasonably ascertainable, that the city's police department possesses the property and where it may be claimed. The police department may require payment by the owner of a reasonable charge to defray costs of storage and care of the property. (Ord. 2731, 2011: Ord. 2636 § 1, 2006)