TITLE 5
POLICE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1
POLICE
SECTION:
5-1-1: Police Jurisdiction
5-1-2: Sale Or Disposal Of Unclaimed Property
5-1-1: POLICE JURISDICTION:
   A.   Police Chief And Officers:
      1.   The Chief of Police and all the police officers of the City shall serve as peace officers; to prevent intoxication, fights, riots, loud noises, disorderly conduct, obscenity and the acts or conduct which is calculated to disturb the public peace or which is offensive to the public morals, within the City and within three (3) miles of the limits thereof.
      2.   The Chief of Police and all the police officers of the City shall have the authority to make arrests of persons charged with crime within the City's boundaries and within five (5) miles of the City's boundaries.
   B.   Judicial Officials: The City Judge is authorized and is empowered to punish, as though the offense were committed within the City limits, all offenses of intoxication, fights, riots, loud noises, disorderly conduct, obscenity and acts or conduct calculated to disturb the public peace or which are offensive to public morals, within the City and within three (3) miles of the City limits thereof. (Ord. 17-31, 10-16-2017)
5-1-2: SALE OR DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY:
   A.   City To Sell Or Dispose:
      1.   All unclaimed, non-evidentiary personal property of a value of more than twenty dollars ($20.00), in the possession of the Police Department for a period of at least three (3) months, may be sold by the City at public auction or disposed of in any appropriate manner not in conflict with any Federal, State, or local laws or regulations.
      2.   The Police Department shall attempt to notify the legal owner of unclaimed property by publishing a list of unclaimed property in its custody the first week of January, April, July and October of each year on its website.
      3.   A properly documented finder of unclaimed property that has been held in the Police Department's custody may take possession of the property, in a manner not in conflict with any Federal, State, or local laws or regulation, if the property remains unclaimed for a period of at least three (3) months.
      4.   Upon proof of legal ownership, the Police Department shall restore the unclaimed property to the owner.
   B.   Notice Of Sale Or Disposal: If the unclaimed property is sold at public auction or disposed of in any other manner, notice of the time and place of the public auction or disposal shall be published not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of public auction or disposal in a newspaper of general circulation. (Ord. 18-22, 7-16-2018)