Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 519--Abandoned Vehicles — reading text

the limits of the City to the place of storage, when such towing is performed during daylight hours between sunrise and sunset. b) 20. 00) when such vehicle is towed from a place within the limits of the City to the place of storage, when such towing is performed during hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise. c) One Dollar ($ 1. 00) for each twenty- four ( 24) hour period or fraction thereof that such vehicle remains in storage with the City. SECTION VI - Notification to Owners and Lienholders The Police Department taking into custody any vehicle shall within fifteen ( 15) days thereof notify by registered mail, return receipt requested, the last kno'wn registered owner of such vehicle and all lienholders who shall have recorded such loan with the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of Florida, that the vehicle has been taken into custody. The notice shall describe the year, make, model and serial number of the vehicle, set forth the location where it is being held, inform the owner and ~ ny lienholder of their right to reclaim the vehicle within two ( 2) weeks after the date of such notice upon payment of all notice, towing and storage charges, and state that failure of the owner or lienholder to exercise the right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner or lienholder of all right, title and interest in the vehicle and consent to the dispos al of the vehicl e by the Police Department. The same procedure shall be followed with respect to any other abandoned property except junk. If the identity of the last registered owner cannot be determined, or if the registration contain.s no address for the owner, or if it is not possible to determine with reasonable certainty the identity and address of the owner and lienholders, notice by one ( 1) publication in one ( 1) newspaper of general circulation in the City of Fort Walton Beach shall be sufficient to meet all requirements of notice pursuant to this article. Such notice by publication may contain multiple listings of vehicles and other property. Any such notice shall contain the same contents as required for notice by registered mail. SECTION VII - Disposition of Derelict Motor Vehicles The provisions of Section VI to the contrary notwithstanding, when the Police takes into custody any derelict motor Department vehicle, the owner and all lienholders shall at that time and without notice, be deemed to have waived all right, title and interest in the vehicle and to have consented to the disposal of it whatever the Police Department may desire. The by means Police Department shall have the legal title to such vehicles and may dispose of them forthwith: provided that the Department shall, the of Motor Vehicles of the State if possible, notify Department the of the vehicle so disposed of so of Florida as to identity that the director may cancel any outstanding certificates or memorandums of title. SECTION VIII - Auction of unclaimed Impounded Vehicles or Other Property; Disposition of Proceeds the If a vehicle or other property taken into custody by Police Department pursuant to the provisions of this article, has not been reclaimed as provided for, the Police Department shall sell the vehicle or other property at public auction for the any property which cannot be sold at highest cash price; provided for amount at least equal to the expense of public auction an the to auction may be disposed of by any means that bringing same the Police Department may desire or the vehicle may be sold in accordance with Chapter 705 of the Florida Statutes. The purchaser of the vehicle or property shall take title free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership and shall receive a sales receipt from the Police Department. From the proceeds of the sale, the City shall be reimbursed for the expenses of the auction, the costs of towing, preservlng and storing the vehicle or property, and all notice and publication incurred thereto. Any remainder from the proceeds costs pursuant