§ 2.395.050. Restitution of property to legal owner.

The police chief shall restore unclaimed property in the possession of the police department to its legal owner, upon proof of such ownership satisfactory to him and upon the payment of all reasonably necessary costs incurred in the care and protection thereof, and cost of publication, if any. Where any such property may be needed or required as evidence in any criminal proceeding, the police chief shall delay the restoration of such property to its legal owner until the conclusion of such proceedings. If such property is introduced as evidence in a criminal case, it shall be disposed of only upon order of the proper court. If the legal owner is a person prohibited by law from possessing such property, restitution shall not be made.

(Ord. 6229 § 2 (part), 1987)