(A) Except for vehicles automatically becoming the property of the city as set forth in § 91.24, the Council shall make an inquiry concerning the last registered owners of such abandoned vehicles as follows:
(1) Abandoned vehicles with numbered plates affixed: to the jurisdiction which issued said plates; or
(2) Abandoned vehicles with no numbered plates affixed: to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(B) The city police shall notify the last registered owner, if any, that the vehicle in question has been recovered as an abandoned vehicle and that, if unclaimed, it will be sold at public auction after five days from the date that such notice was mailed. If the agency described in divisions (A)(1) or (A)(2) above also notifies the city police that a lien or mortgage exists, such notice shall also be sent to the lien holder or mortgagee. Any person claiming such vehicle shall be required to pay the cost of its removal and storage. In the event the owner does not appear within the time prescribed herein, or in the event that the owner cannot be determined, such abandoned vehicle shall be disposed of as hereinafter provided.
(Prior Code, § 3-203)