§ 2-181. Delivery to purchasing agent.

(a)

All property originally seized by police officers, which is not being held as evidence, except whiskey, wine and beer, and which has not been destroyed or returned to the person entitled thereto, shall, after remaining unclaimed for thirty (30) days, be delivered to the city purchasing agent together with such description thereof, identity and address of the person from whom seized as may be in the possession of the police department, all as required by article 18.17, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b)

The purchasing agent shall send notice, certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the owner of such property. If the name or address of the owner is unknown, such notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. Such notice, whether mailed or printed, shall describe the property, state the name of the owner if known, state the name and address of the purchasing agent, and shall state that if the owner does not claim such property within six (6) months from the date of publishing or mailing that such property will be sold and the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the reasonable expense of keeping and selling, placed in the city's general fund.

(c)

Any property scheduled for sale may be converted to law enforcement use upon request of the police department as provided by article 18.17(g), Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

(d)

Any property not seized by the police department but held by the city whose owner cannot be identified or which as been abandoned shall be turned over to the purchasing agent for disposition as hereinafter provided.

(Ord. No. 94-04, § 2, 2-11-1994)