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If the vehicle is not removed within the period of time allotted in the notice described above, then the code enforcement officer or police officers are authorized to provide for the removal of said motor vehicle to a garage or place of safety as designated by any third party commercial towing or salvage operator.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.17) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -; Ord. 981, passed 1-4-2021)
After the removal of the vehicle to a garage or place of safety as designated by the third party commercial towing or salvage operator, it shall be the duty of the Police Department or the Code Enforcement Officer to notify, by certified mail or by personal delivery, the registered owner, if known, and if encumbered, the lienholder, of the removal and storage of any motor vehicle under the provisions of this chapter and where such motor vehicle has been stored. If the owner or his or her address is unknown, a notice of removal and storage shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If the owner, for whatever reason, is not contacted after reasonable efforts have been made to contact him or her, a notice of removal and storage shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.18) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -; Ord. 981, passed 1-4-2021)
The notice shall set forth the date and place of the taking, the year, the make, the model and serial number of the abandoned, or wrecked motor vehicle and the place where the vehicle is being held, and shall inform the owner and any lienholders of their rights to reclaim the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.19) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -)
If, after 30 days from the date of mailing or publishing a notice of removal and storage provided by this chapter, the motor vehicle shall remain unclaimed, such motor vehicle may be sold by the Police Department at public auction upon notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county not less than once a week for two consecutive weeks.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.20) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -)
The notice of sale provided for by this chapter shall contain a description of the removed and stored motor vehicle, including the year, make, model, serial number, color, license number, if any; a statement that the motor vehicle was removed from private property and is wrecked, dismantled or inoperative, the date of the removal thereof, and the place, date and time at which such motor vehicle shall be sold, which date shall not be sooner than one week following the date of the last publication of notice.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.21) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -)
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