Item 3: Ordinance on Personal Property Sale Procedures

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declared unlawful to possess by state law, it shall be destroyed by the chief of police. (4) Notwithstanding sections 2.835(1) and (3), if a property owner waives ownership interest in property that is in the police department’s possession for more than 60 days, upon the expiration of the 60 days, the city shall sell the property pursuant to section 2.840, discard the property that has no monetary value, or upon approval of the manager transfer the property to public use by entering it in the city’s fixed asset inventory. When personal property is not seized as evidence, the 60 days begins to run when the property is placed in a Lane County Jail locker by a Eugene police officer or when it is taken by the police during an arrest. When personal property is seized as evidence, the 60 days begins to run when the case is fully adjudicated. 2.855 Personal Property Sale Procedures - Special Disposition of Personal Property. (1) The city may cause any motor vehicle or other personal property coming into the hands of the police department to be appraised by an appraiser qualified by the police department. If a motor vehicle is appraised at $100 or less, or any other personal property is appraised at less than $25, the chief of police may prepare a Notice of Intent to Junk or Dismantle the motor vehicle or other personal property. Such notice shall contain a description of the motor vehicle or other personal property; its license, motor, serial or other identification number; its location; its appraised value; and notification that the motor vehicle or other personal property will be junked or dismantled after 10 days from the date of the notice. The chief of police shall post the notice in three public places in the city. (2) If the owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee, or other person interested in the motor vehicle or other personal property is found or identified, a copy of the notice of intent to junk or dismantle shall be [sent] mailed to such owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee, or other interested person [by certified letter]. (3) If, after 10 days from the preparation of the notice of intent to junk or dismantle, or 10 days from the mailing of the notice to the owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee or other person interested therein, whichever is later, (a) the owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee or other interested person, after exercise of due diligence, cannot be found, or (b) the owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee, or other interested person, after notification as prescribed in subsection (2) of this section, has not reclaimed the motor vehicle or other personal property, or (c) the owner, conditional vendor, mortgagee, or other interested person, has signed a release, under oath, disclaiming any future Ordinance - Page 2 of 3