Los Angeles Municipal Code § 19.94 Duties of The Police Department

In the enforcement of this chapter the Los Angeles Police Department shall perform the following duties when requested by the Department of Transportation:

(a) It shall, whenever possible, obtain the names of the registered and legal owners of all identifiable vehicles believed to constitute
a public nuisance within the meaning of this chapter.

(b) It shall determine whether any identifiable vehicle investigated pursuant to Subsection (a) of this section has been involved in or
is the subject of any crime, and if so, it shall process such vehicle in accordance with the law.

(c) It shall provide the Department of Transportation with all necessary information pertaining to vehicles which it has investigated
pursuant to this section to enable the said Department of Transportation to perform the duties imposed by this chapter.

(d) The Police Commission, in establishing rules governing official police garages under Section 103.204 of the Los Angeles
Municipal Code, shall require that the appropriate official police garage must remove the abandoned vehicles or parts thereof from a
specific private property within 48 hours after receiving such notification from the Vehicle Nuisance Section of the Department of
Transportation.

SECTION HISTORY

Based on Ord. No. 138,349. Added by Ord. No. 138,821, Eff 8-10-69. Amended by: Ord. No. 144,030, Eff. 11-27-72; Ord. No. 153,579, Eff. 5-10-80; Ord. No. 174,046, Eff. 8-5-01.

In the enforcement of this chapter representatives of the Department of Building and Safety and the Los Angeles Housing Department are authorized upon receipt of information regarding any vehicle which may constitute a public nuisance within the meaning of this chapter, to investigate the circumstances of the case and if, in their opinion the presence of the vehicle at the particular site does constitute such a public nuisance to:

(1) Send written notice, by certified mail, to the owner, as shown on the last Equalized Assessment Roll, of the land upon which the

vehicle is located, and to the registered and legal owners of the vehicle, if such can be ascertained, notifying said persons that the presence of the vehicle constitutes a public nuisance and ordering that the vehicle be removed from the site within ten calendar days after the date of mailing such notice. The notice shall also inform said persons of the City’s intention to remove the vehicle if it is not otherwise removed within the aforementioned ten day period.

(2) The notice given shall also include a statement of the hearing rights of the owner of the property on which the vehicle is located

and the owner of the vehicle; said statement shall include notification that the property owner may appear in person at a hearing and, in addition to such appearance, or in lieu thereof, may submit a sworn written statement denying responsibility for the presence of the vehicle on that owner’s property and include therewith that owner’s reasons for such denial. The notification shall further specify that the filing of a sworn statement by a property owner shall be deemed to be in lieu of an appearance unless a request for hearing is also filed as herein below provided.

Any such notice sent by the Department of Building and Safety or the Los Angeles Housing Department shall be immediately transmitted to the Department of Transportation. Thereafter, it shall be the obligation of the Department of Transportation to comply with the provisions of Sections 19.93 and 19.95 of this Code.

SECTION HISTORY

Added by Ord. No. 174,046, Eff. 8-5-01. Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 182,718, Eff. 10-30-13; Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8-8-21.