68 of 1971 - Amending Section 30-1-20, requiring the Police Department to hold unclaimed property for a period of VO ING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah July 15 ,197 1
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Mr.Chairman
(/ AN ORDINANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Sec. 30-1-20 of the Revised Ordinances of
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to lost, abandoned or unclaimed
property.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Ut*h:
SECTION 1. That Sec. 30-1-20 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt
Lalte City, Utah, 1965, relating to lost, abandoned or unclaimed prop-
ertty, be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 30-1-20. Lost, abandoned or unclaimed property.
Duties of chief of police. (a) Definitions. Lost property
is property the whereabouts of which is unknown to the owner;
abandoned property is property found under such circumstances
as reasonably indicates that the owner does not intend to
possess it; and unclaimed property is property held by the
police department for a period of forty-five (45) days (other
than in connection withacourt proceeding) and is unclaimed
within said period of time by the owner.
" (b) It shall be the duty of the chief of police to keep
all lost, abandoned or unclaimed property which comes into
the possession of the police department or any of its members,
and he shall make all reasonable efforts to discover the owner
or owners thereof and restore said property to such person or
persons. Whenever the owner of such lost, abandoned or un-
claimed property is discovered and determined, if the said
property is unclaimed by the owner after the expiration of
fifteen (15) days from the date of mailing a written notice,
describing such property, its present location and any other
facts to properly identify it, to the last known address of the
owner thereof, such property may be sold as hereinafter provided.
In any event, the chief of police shall not be obligated to keep
the said property for a period of time exceeding forty-five (45)
days; and if the owner of such property shall not be found within
the period of forty-five (45) days, the chief of police shall
advertise for at least ten days in a newspaper of general circu-
lation in Salt Lake City, the sale of such property, and may on
the date specified in such advertisement, offer to the public at
private or public sale all such property which has been in his
possession for forty-five (45) days or more prior to such date,
and may sell the same for the highest and best price obtainable.
"The chief of police shall make full report to the city trea-
surer of the articles sold and the amount of money received at
such sale shall be covered into the city treasury."
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SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners it is
necessary to the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of Salt
ake City that this ordinance become effective immediately.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
ublication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
15th
his day of July, 1971. %%2<?X /
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Chief Depu y - City ecorder,
(SEAT)
BILL INO. 68 of 1971
Publi$hed July 20, 1971
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ADM.30A
Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF UTAH, 1
County of Salt Lake
Betty_Phelps
AN ORDINANCE
AN DR DIVA NCE ArAF.'N DINr>
Salt Lake
0 f III Revised , a. f
Ito lil Lake abandoned UtaIN t unclal unclaimed Being first duly sworn,deposes and says that he is legal adtler-
°'eem soAneasnedt osaltheLa oard. rising cleric of the DESERET NEWS, a daily (except Sunday)
bimn: ssrne
sEcnON 1. That sec. ao.t-io f newspaper printed in the English language with. general cir-
ihe Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake
`6tdda�`eeh, 'rp6�'nPCi'm`ed o°pe°ley; (Illation in Utah, and published in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
be. and the some hereby ,,,
iea to a as follows: County, in the State of Utah_
amended zo t is Lost,abandoned
of=almea properly.Iv. Duties of aeef,
duce.(a)Definitions.Lostpron.;
encbSlsr°'`bov'retohsne whereabouts That the legal notice of which a copy is attached hereto
;foundbandound P cI mstances props rty
a laPC
reasonably under
that the myna,
d,l lloiintend to lsopr°aGS It nand Ordinance relating, to ost�abandoned r unclaimed
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e or f t(� (is)d (fin than
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cr a of time by the d PPOAerty. Bill 150. 68 of 19rj1. __--
"(b.It shall be thowner.
vdury of the
chief of police la keep it Iost.l
abandoned o unclaimed proper,"
which comes into the Posses.'wn of
the •,olice department or any of its,
members,and to dII:lcover�xthero r
6o ea'.
ownera thereof and reSlore'vne�'
oron=,lr to said
wnenever tne`n person oercrrrs. __.
banoned o ov` r»e Jf
d,scnvcred !nd delerm,ined, Iff the
Sala prPurl lhgs xD SIatlonedof brlfteee owner et
1 w61 dove from the rare ingoruchlh o a ----_—
e , i notice,nt location such pany
erlY; Its present lacatlon and any
Iiheeiefi a'notw�a'df uIu'o+in'fyat,r° was published in said newspaper on _July_20,_l97.L_
thereof,such Properly may be'sold
hereinafter corded. In
be obll�eYedo la keev l
lde cseldhxl rot
Iry Im time proper- ---.—
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thl aucoh .II,hi h h b - -
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and ,be...II Iho sv c for the Mph
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s Lenore police a amount f
a
full M p make"Theo
• report
the
the amount of
htmonev received 1:uch sale e',- be
overed Into rheacl,y treapury."
�Board c n»iirsioeeas litmis of mad 21st
sar to he puace health neCes-
m the Ir,nah�,anr a��egfely to before no. thi•s _—__ ---- ------._- day of
11„1 Ihis rdl,=becorno effective
rnl h hag, A.D. 19_71_roeeiti p oob —csevlhc Board orConnr,
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stoners of Solt 1 ;:e CO,Utah,this
Who day of July.1971.
J.BRACKEN
MILDFW I,V 111)1001 Mayor
Chief
All I"Recorder " 1
g1CC:INO ef 0,11 v1/11J lo t y/ _. fA-YSI
Notary Yublic
My Commission Expires
February 12, 1974