§ 2.80.030. Exempt property

The following classes of property shall be considered exceptions to Section 2.80.020 and shall be dealt with in the following manner:

A. Cash money shall be turned over to the city general fund unless it shall be determined to have collector's value, in which case it shall be auctioned according to the provisions in Section 2.80.020

B. Firearms which are available for disposition may be dealt with in the following manner:

1. If compatible with law enforcement usage, they may be turned over to the police department inventory;

2. They may be sold to a firearms dealer who maintains the appropriate federal firearms license;

3. They may be destroyed;

4. In no case shall firearms be sold at public auction.

C. Other weapons such as knives, etc., which are deemed to have a legitimate value may be sold at auction, however, homemade weapons or weapons of a contraband nature shall be destroyed.

D. Any items determined to be contraband such as explosives, narcotics, etc. shall be destroyed.

E. Items of a pharmaceutical nature which, while not contraband when properly dispensed, or which are of an over-the-counter variety, shall be destroyed.

F. Foodstuffs, if sealed and undamaged, may be turned over to any appropriate social service agency or destroyed, but shall not be auctioned.

G. Alcohol products such as beer, wine, whiskey, etc. shall be destroyed.

H. Items with a value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) may be sold after advertising said item in a general circulation newspaper on at least two occasions. Such sales shall be by closed bid.

(Prior code § 10-203)