(A) If after 30 days from the date of mailing or publishing the notice of removal and storage provided for by this chapter, the motor vehicle shall remain unclaimed, the title to such motor vehicle shall be vested in the city and such motor vehicle may be disposed of in any manner as may be provided by the City Council. The proceeds of any such disposal shall first be applied to the costs incurred in the enforcement of this chapter with the balance to be deposited to the General Fund of the city.
(B) The removal agency shall have the rights and obligations conferred upon it by SDCL § 32-36 in regard to titling or disposition of such unclaimed, abandoned or inoperative vehicle, except that, if not otherwise provided by state law, it shall have a possessionary lien upon any vehicle removed under provision of this chapter for the costs for reasonable charges in taking custody of, including towing and storing such vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 9.03.22) (Ord. 731, passed - -; Ord. 740, passed - -)