A. All proceeds from the sale of removed vehicles shall be forwarded to the city. All costs of removing, storing, selling and destroying removed vehicles, including court costs, may be charged or assessed by the city against the vehicle, the registered owner of the vehicle, and any person who has acquired an ownership interest in the vehicle from or through the registered owner. The actual amount of the charges shall be established and may be periodically adjusted by noncode ordinance. Any funds that are remaining after all of the above-mentioned costs have been accounted for will remain in a separate account and any owner or lienholder that has a legal right to funds remaining from the sale of a particular vehicle will have sixty (60) days after the date of the sale to file a claim for those funds and if no claim is filed, the funds will become the property of the city.

B. Any removed vehicle that is not sold at the time of auction shall become the property of the city.

C. Any vehicle, which has been removed by the city and has been in storage, has not been claimed and whose owner has not made acceptable arrangements to reimburse the city for removal fees for a period exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days shall have its title vested with the city and the vehicle shall be forfeited and subsequently become the property of the city. If any vehicle is forfeited to the city, notice shall be given to the owner of the vehicle, if known, or if the owner is not known, notice shall be given by publication. [Ord. 01-09 § 7; Ord. 198, 1990.]