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property in which a lawful owner has been determined, or property to which a claim of right to possession has been asserted. Impounded property means any abandoned personal property impounded by a police officer. Motor vehicle includes any motor vehicle subject to registration under the state Certificate of Title Act, and any motorboat or outboard motor. SECTION 2. Section 34.163 of the City Code is added as follows: Sec. 34.163 Disposition of Found Property (a) Found property shall be held by the police department for no less than 90 days after the property is turned in to the department. (b) During the 90 day period, the police department shall make a diligent effort to identify and contact the owner of the found property, documenting each effort. The chief of police shall promulgate the procedures to be used, including appropriate methods of notice. (c) If the police department is not able to identify or contact the owner of found property within the 90 day period, the police department will attempt to notify the finder of the property, and shall release the found property to the finder if all of the following are met: (1) The finder has filed a written notice with the department of the finder's desire to claim the found property; (2) The finder physically takes possession of the found property within 30 days of the notice from the police department; and (3) The finder is not a city employee. (d) Found property that has not been claimed by the owner under subsection (b), and not Claimed by the finder under subsection (c), shall be destroyed, auctioned, disposed of, or converted for City use at the expiration of the respective holding period. SECTION 3. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in full force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion. SECTION 4. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict with this ordinance are repealed.