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A.
Required: If the owner of an impounded vehicle fails to appear and reclaim it as hereinbefore provided within five (5) days after it is impounded, the police chief shall send to the registered owner thereof, and to every owner of legal title thereto or lienholder thereon, as disclosed by the records of the motor vehicle division of the state tax commission, a written notice of the impounding of such vehicle and shall state that unless the vehicle is reclaimed within thirty (30) days of the date of giving notice it will be deemed to be abandoned and will be sold by the police chief in accordance with the ordinances of the city. The notice shall be sent by the United States registered mail, directed to the persons to be notified at their last known addresses as disclosed by the records of the state tax commission as aforesaid. If the police chief is unable to ascertain the name or address of any person having an interest in the impounded vehicle, such notice shall, in lieu of mailing by registered mail as aforesaid, be published once in a newspaper having general circulation in the city, and copies thereof shall be mailed to such person or persons as the police chief may have reason to believe have or claim some right, title or interest in said vehicle at their last post office address according to the information, if any, received by the police chief from sources other than the records of the state tax commission aforesaid.
B.
Form of Notice:
1.
The notice required by subsection A of this section may be substantially in the following form:
Notice of Impounding and of Intention to Sell Vehicle
To _______________, the owner or owners, and to all other persons claiming any right, title or interest in the vehicle hereinafter described:
Take notice that on the ______day of _______, ______, the following described vehicle, to-wit: Make and
body type: Year
model: License
number: Motor
number:
was parked on a public street of the city of Riverdale, Utah, in violation of (specifying the ordinance or statute violated), or, as the case may be, was operated with improper registration, or was found with the motor number defaced, and was on that date impounded by the city of Riverdale pursuant to Riverdale Municipal Code title 6, chapter 3.
Said vehicle may be reclaimed as provided in Riverdale Municipal Code title 6, chapter 3 upon application at the office of the police chief, city of Riverdale police department, Riverdale, Utah. If not so reclaimed within thirty (30) days of the mailing (or publication, as the case may be) of this notice, said vehicle will be deemed abandoned, and will be sold at public auction by the city of Riverdale.
Dated: ___ CITY OF RIVERDALE
BY: ___ Police Chief
2.
If the police chief has not received, within five (5) days of the impounding of such vehicle, information regarding the ownership and claimants of the ownership of such vehicle, he shall note that fact upon the record of impounding kept by him as hereinafter provided, and in such case the notice may be directed generally to "any person claiming any interest in the following vehicle".
C.
Proof of Notice: Proof by affidavit of the giving of notice of impounding as hereinbefore provided shall be made in duplicate and preserved with the record of impounding hereinafter provided.
(1985 Code § 12-3-7; Ord. 815, 9-25-2012)