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Before selling any personal property as provided for in this article,
other than motor vehicles, the chief of police shall post two notices thereof,
one at the county courthouse door and one at the Ninth street entrance of
the City Hall, and shall cause a copy thereof to be published in daily news-
paper published in the city once a week for two consecutive weeks, the date
of the first publication to be at least fourteen days prior to the date of the
auction sale. The notice of sale shall describe the impounded property, state
that the same is unredeemed, state that the same will be sold at public
auction, designate the place of sale and state a time and date of sale which
shall not be less than fourteen days from the date of posting such notices
as herein required.
Sec. 6. PROCEDURE FOR DISPOSING OF WOUNDED MOTOR VEHICLES
When any motor vehicle has not been redeemed within thirty days
from the date of its impounding, it shall be the duty of the chief of police
to submit to the state highway department and the similar agency of the
proper state when the vehicle is from another state, all information in his
possession concerning such vehicle and to request that such department supply
to him all information the records of that department contain on such vehicle.
Immediately on receipt of such information from such department the chief of
police shall notify the owner and lienholders as shown by the records of such
department by registered mail with return receipt requested that such vehicle .
has been impounded and of the provisions of this article in regard to the
redemption and sale of impounded property.
In the event a motor vehicle has not been redeemed within fifteen days
from the receipt of the return receipt or notice of nondelivery of such
registered mail, the chief of police shall prepare a notice of sale of such
vehicle, in the manner described in the preceeding section, shall send a copy
of such notice to the owner and lienholders as shown by the records of the
highway department by registered mail and shall post and advertise such notices
in the manner required in the preceeding section. Notice by registered mail to
the address shown on the records of the highway department shall constitute
notice of the pending sale of such owner or lienholders.
When the Chief of Police is unable to ascertain the names of the
owner and lienholders, and the notor vehicle has not been redeemed within
forty-five days from its impounding, no notice of sale other than posting
and advertising as prescribed in this article shall be required.
Sec. 7. PROCEDURE FOR SELLING IMPOUNDED PROPERTY
When any impounded property, including motor vehicles, is not redeemed
by the date and time designated in the notice of sale, the chief of police shall
sell such property at public auction, and, as city auctioneer, shall exe-
cute bill of sale of such property to the purchaser thereof; provided, that
he shall not execute or deliver any but a conditional bill of sale unless and
until the title of the buyer has become absolute by an expiration of thirty
days in time, exclusive of the day of sale, without being redeemed by the
owner of the impounded property.