(a) Notice to be Given. When personal property not otherwise provided for by law or ordinance comes into the custody of the Borough or any of its agents, officers or employees acing in his official capacity, and remains unclaimed for a period of thirty days, an immediate report shall be given to Council. Council may direct that notice, by publication or otherwise, be given in an effort to reach the owner, who shall have thirty days after such notice to prove ownership and remove his property, after first reimbursing the Borough for the reasonable expense of caring for the property.
(b) Property Directed to be Sold. If the property is not claimed within the thirty day period, Council may direct that it be sold to discharge the Borough's lien thereon, after notice by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the Borough, and may prescribe the terms of sale.
(c) Terms of Sale. Unless prior to such sale ownership is established and reimbursement made, in accordance with subsection (a) hereof, the property shall be publicly sold, without warranty of any kind, to the highest bidder, and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the Borough's costs, shall be paid, subject to any act of the General Assembly in such case made and provided, into the Borough Treasury. The purchaser shall be given a certificate evidencing a discharge of the Borough's lien.
(Ord. 639. Passed 4-8-63. )