Any money or personal property, other than animals, coming into the possession of the City Police Department in the course of investigating or prosecuting any criminal offenses or ordinance violations shall be handled and disposed of in the manner provided in § 604.02 hereof; except, that the three month custody period shall not begin to run until the time as any prosecution and appeal proceedings, if any, shall have been completed for any criminal offense or ordinance violation involving the personal property or money.
(1987 Code, § 604.03)