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The owner of an impounded vehicle may reclaim and obtain the release thereof upon and only upon full compliance with the following conditions precedent: A.
Identity; Proof of Ownership: He shall furnish to the police chief or his authorized representative, satisfactory evidence of his identity and his ownership of said vehicle.
B.
Service Fee: He shall pay to the city an impound service fee, which fee is hereby levied upon the impounding of every such vehicle. Said sum is hereby determined to be the reasonable cost of impounding a vehicle.
C.
Storage Costs and Expenses: He shall pay to the city all of its storage costs and expenses incident to storing the vehicle in the authorized vehicle pound and to giving notice of the impounding thereof as hereinafter provided. In cases where a vehicle has been impounded pursuant to this chapter as originally adopted or as amended, in a vehicle pound maintained and operated by the city, he shall pay to the city storage charges, which charges are hereby determined to be the reasonable cost for storing and keeping an impounded vehicle by the city.
D.
Promise to Appear for Criminal Charge: If a criminal charge is made against the owner of such vehicle for the illegal parking thereof or for the operation thereof while said vehicle is improperly registered or without proper license plates, he shall sign a written promise to appear at a time certain, as fixed by the police chief, to answer such charge, or, if required by the police chief, or his representative, shall post bail to secure such appearance. It is specifically provided, however, that if the owner of said vehicle resides outside of the county, the posting of bail, as fixed by the justice court judge or any bail commissioner having jurisdiction thereof, to answer such charge, shall be required before such vehicle is released.
E.
Order of Release: He shall obtain the written order of the police chief or his representative, directing the release of the vehicle by the pound keeper, and upon receiving the vehicle he shall execute a written receipt therefor.
F.
Improperly Registered, Stolen Vehicles: In cases where a vehicle has been impounded, as hereinafter provided, by reason of the vehicle having been improperly registered or stolen, or by reason of the obliteration of motor or manufacturer's numbers or identification marks, such vehicle shall not be released, in any event, until the requirements of Utah Code Annotated sections 41-1a-1101 and 41-1a-1102, shall have been satisfied, or until such release has been specifically authorized by the motor vehicle division of the state tax commission.
(1985 Code § 12-3-2; amd. 2001 Code; Ord. 815, 9-25-2012; Ord. 826, 11-20-2012)