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94.15 Assessment of Vehicles
94. 15 assessment of Vehicles
 
(a)       If a tagged vehicle or parts are not removed within seventy-two (72) hours of tagging and the Richmond Police Officer (“Officer”) suspects the market value of the vehicle is seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or less, the Officer shall prepare a written abandoned vehicle report of the vehicle or parts, including information on the condition, missing parts, and other facts that might substantiate the estimated market value of the vehicle or parts. Photographs shall be taken to describe the condition of the vehicle or parts. 
 
(b)       This assessment, described in subsection 94.15(a) above, shall be performed by an Officer designated by the Richmond Chief of Police. If the assessment confirms the market value of the vehicle is seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or less, the Officer shall provide for the immediate disposal of the vehicle to the contracted towing service. A copy of the abandoned vehicle report and photographsrelating to the abandoned vehicle shall be forwarded to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The towing service may dispose of the abandoned vehicle not less than thirty (30) days after the date on which the towing service removed the abandoned vehicle and after the assessment has been made by the Richmond Police Department.
 
(c)        The Richmond City Police Department shall retain a copy of the assessment and any photographs for two (2) years after the disposal of the vehicle or parts. 
 
(d)       If the assessment indicates the market value of the vehicle is greater than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), the notification and disposal procedures in I.C. 9-22-1 et seq., shall be followed. (Ord. 51-2007)


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