§ 2-13.08. Personal property: Return to owners.  


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  • The Chief of Police shall restore personal property in the possession of the Police Department to its legal owner upon proof of such ownership satisfactory to the Chief of Police. Where any such property may be needed or required as evidence in any criminal proceeding, the Chief of Police shall delay the restoration of such property to its legal owner until the conclusion of such proceedings, or as otherwise required by law. If such property is introduced as evidence in a criminal case, such property shall be disposed of only upon an order of the proper court. If the legal owner is a person prohibited by law from the possession of such property, restitution shall not be made.

(§ 1, Ord. 465, eff. April 8, 1981 as amended by § 1, Ord. No. 1283, eff. February 8, 2018)