Unclaimed motor vehicles ordered into storage pursuant to §§ 98.01 and 98.02 shall be disposed of at the order of the Chief of Police to a junk yard or scrap metal processing facility as defined in R.C.§ 4737.05, or to any other facility owned by or under contract with the county or municipal corporation for the disposal of such motor vehicles, or shall be sold by the Chief of Police, or licensed auctioneer at public auction, after giving notice thereof by advertisement, published once a week for 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Any monies accruing from the disposition of an unclaimed motor vehicle that are in excess of the expenses resulting from the removal and storage of the vehicle shall be credited to the general fund.
(1974 Code, § 99.03) (Ord. l5-82,passed 4-5-1982)