Baldwin Park Municipal Code Ch. 37 Property

Section

City Property

Lost or Unclaimed Property

CITY PROPERTY

The City Manager shall be responsible to the City Council for all real and personal property of the city and shall, from time to time, conduct inventories thereof, and report the same to the City Council.

('83 Code, § 2.60.010)

No person shall use any item of personal property of the city for any purpose, other than in the conduct of authorized city business.

('83 Code, § 2.60.020) Penalty, see § 10.99

Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall use any real property belonging to the city for any purpose other than in the conduct of city business. The City Manager shall establish appropriate rules and regulations for the use of public buildings and grounds by persons for private and/or semipublic purposes, which rules and regulations shall not take effect until approved by the City Council. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the lease, sale or disposal of city property, if accomplished in accordance with applicable law.

('83 Code, § 2.60.030) Penalty, see § 10.99

LOST OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

All lost, abandoned or unclaimed personal property coming into the possession of the city or any officer or employee thereof shall immediately be turned over to the custody of the Chief of Police. The personal property shall be held by him for a period of at least six months unless sooner claimed and restored.

('83 Code, § 2.64.010)

Statutory reference:

Unclaimed property, see Cal. Civil Code § 2080 et seq.

If, at any time prior to the sale or destruction thereof, as provided in this subchapter, any property is claimed by any person who establishes his right to the possession thereof to the satisfaction of the Police Chief, the personal property shall be delivered to the person, provided, the person shall first pay to the city the reasonable cost of holding, protecting and returning the property.

('83 Code, § 2.64.020)

(A) Except as otherwise provided by law, if any such property remains unclaimed and unrestored for at least six months, the property shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder at such time or times as the Police Chief determines. The auction shall be conducted by the Police Chief. The property may be sold separately or in such lot or lots as the Police Chief may determine. The purchasers at the auction sale shall take a clear title to the property purchased free of any right of redemption.

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subchapter, where the unclaimed property can be utilized by the city, upon the direction of the City Manager, the property may be devoted to such use.

('83 Code, § 2.64.030)

Notice of each auction shall be given by the City Clerk at least five days, and not more than 20 days, prior to the time fixed for the auction. The notice to be given shall be by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and by such other means as the Clerk deems necessary to give adequate notice of the auction.

('83 Code, § 2.64.040)

If any property is so offered for sale at the public auction as provided in this subchapter, and is not sold, the property shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, by the Police Chief, with the approval of the City Manager.

('83 Code, § 2.64.050)