Ordinance 68-70 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • provided in the towing and storage of the same, and shall also have a claim against the last registered owner of such vehicle or hulk for services provided in the towing and storage of the same, not to exceed the sum of $100. 00. A registered owner who has complied with Section 39, Chapter 281, Laws of 1969, Ex. Session, shall be relieved of liability under this section. Within five days after receiving custody of such abandoned vehicle or automobile hulk, the tow truck operator shall give notice of his custody to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Chief of the Washington State Patrol and within five days after having received the name and address of the owner, he shall notify the registered and legal owner of the same with copies of such notice being sent to the Chief of the Washington State Patrol and to the Department of Motor Vehicles. The notice to the registered and legal owner shall be sent by the tow truck operator to the last known address of said owner appearing on the records of the De- partment of Motor Vehicles, and such notice shall be sent to the registered and legal owner by certified or registered mail with a five-day return receipt requested. Such notice shall contain a description of the vehicle or hulk including its license number and/or motor number if obtainable, and shall state the amount due the tow truck operator for services in the towing and storage of the same and the time and place of public sale if the amount remains unpaid. Section 8: Any towing service providing removal service at the request of any owner or person having possession or control of real property under the provisions of Chapter 208, Laws of 1969, First Extraordinary Session, shall promptly report the fact of a vehicle impound, together with the license number, make, year and place of impound of such vehicle to the City of Everett Police Department. He shall post the authorized charges therefor prominently at its place of business and the charges and costs incurred in the removal of any such vehicle as aforementioned shall be paid by such vehicle's owner, and shall be a lien upon said vehicle until paid, and said lien may be enforced as otherwise provided by law for the enforcement of towing or storage liens or liens generally. Section 9: If, after the expiration of fiteen days from the date of mailing of notice to the registered and legal owner, the vehicle or automobile hulk remains unclaimed and has not been listed as a stolen or recovered vehicle, then the tow truck operator having custody of such vehicle or hulk shall conduct a sale of the same at public auction after having first published a notice of the date, place and time of such auction in a newspaper of general Page 4