When a vehicle is impounded, all of the following shall be done:
(A) Check to determine if the vehicle has been reported stolen;
(B) Within 24 hours after impounding the vehicle, enter the vehicle impounded into the law enforcement information network;
(C) Within seven days, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays, after impounding the vehicle, send a notice that the vehicle has been impounded to the owner and the secured party, if any, by certified mail. Each notice shall contain all of the following information:
(1) The year, make, and vehicle identification number of the vehicle;
(2) The location from which the vehicle was taken into custody;
(3) The date on which the vehicle was taken into custody;
(4) The name and address of the police agency in whose custody the vehicle is being held;
(5) The location where the vehicle is being held;
(6) The procedure to redeem the vehicle;
(7) The date by which the vehicle must be redeemed;
(8) That a procedure exists to contest the impoundment of the vehicle; and
(9) A warning that the failure to redeem the vehicle or to contest the impoundment of the vehicle within 15 days after the date of this notice may result in the sale of the vehicle and the termination of all rights of the owner and the secured party to the vehicle or the proceeds of the sale or to both the vehicle and the proceeds.
(Prior Code, § 70.31) (Ord. D-1554, passed 6-29-1987, effective 7-9-1987)