The Lewis County Sheriff's Department is hereby authorized in its discretion, in addition to any penalty that may be provided therefore, to remove an unidentified, stolen, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicle or other personal property, as herein defined, found upon any public street or property and shall keep the same in its custody and control at such place as may be designated by said Lewis County sheriff Department until redeemed by the owner thereof, as herein provided; and as such unidentified, stolen, wrecked or abandoned motor vehicles or other personal property which now is in its possession shall be subject to the actual cost of removal or tow-in from the public place, and a storage charge of fifty cents ($0.50) per day as long as the same in is possession and custody of said department.
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY: | An automobile or personal property which remains upon the streets or other public property for a period longer than forty-eight (48) hours, the owner of which cannot be located, or the owner refused to remove the same. |
STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY: | That property which the Lewis County Sheriff's Department has reasonable grounds to believe to be stolen. |
UNIDENTIFIED MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY: | Such motor vehicle or other personal property where ownership thereof cannot be ascertained. |
WRECKED MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY: | One damaged by accident or any cause and left upon the streets or public place unattended. |
It shall be unlawful for any owner or any person in charge of a motor vehicle or other personal property, to leave or abandon the same upon the streets or public places as in this Chapter provided.