§ 10.24.020. Notice

A. After fifteen (15) days from date of mailing notice, if the abandoned motor vehicle is more than four model years of age, or after thirty (30) days from the date of mailing notice, if the abandoned motor vehicle is four model years of age or less, the city or its designated agent shall publish a notice for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper where such motor vehicle was abandoned and left. The notice shall describe the motor vehicle by name of maker, model, serial number and owner, if known, and state that the same has been impounded by the city and will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, if the owner thereof does not claim the same within ten (10) days from the date of the second publication of the notice and pay the removal and storage charges, and the publication costs incurred by the city.

B. If such motor vehicle does not display a registration plate issued by the Division of Vehicles and is not registered with said division, the city or its designated agent, after thirty (30) days from the date of abandonment, may publish a notice in the official city newspaper, which notice shall describe the motor vehicle by name of maker, model, color and serial number and shall state the same has been impounded by the city and will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, if the owner thereof does not claim the same within ten days from the date of the second publication of the notice and pay the removal and storage charges incurred by the city.

(Ord. 9916 § 1, 1999; prior code § 14-302)