20-Code of Ordinances to allow the police department to ticket, tow, and impound any vehicle that is not covered under automoblie liability insurance

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vehicles or other property. This schedule may include fees to cover towing, preservation, storage, notice and publication. (b) A11 towing, preservation, storage, notice and publication fees shall be paid before such vehicle or other property is released from the city impoundment facility. (c) Payment of the fees charged under this section shall not excuse the owner or driver of the impounded vehicle or other property from any charge of vialating any city ordinance or state law. (d) The Chief of Police or authorized designee shall have the discretion to waive any or all fees described by this Article, or as is necessary and proper under state or federal law. Sec. 25-219. Notice to owner and lienholders. (a) After a motor vehicle or other property is impounded, the police department shall send notice not later than the lOth day after the date thereof, by certified mail, to the last-known registered owner of the motor vehicle or other property and all lienholders recorded under Chapter 501, Texas Transportation Code, as amended, or Chapter 31, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended, that the vehicle or other property has been taken into custody. (b) The notice under Subsection (a) must: ) specify the year, make, model and identification number of the impounded motor vehicle or other property, if applicable; (2) give the location of the facility where the motor vehicle or other property is being held; (3) inform the owner and any lienholders of the right to claim the motor vehicle or other property not later than the 20th day after the date of the notice upon payment of all towing, preservation, storage, notice and publication fees; and (4) state that the failure of the owner or lienholders to exercise their right to claim the vehicle or other property within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner and all lienholders of all right, title, and interest in the vehicle ar other property and their consent to the sale of the vehicle or other property at a public auction. (c) If the identity of the last-registered owner cannot be determined, or if the registration contains no address for the owner; or if it is impossible to detercnine with reasonable certainty the identity and addresses of all lienholders, notice by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the area where the vehicle C:SDocumeots and Settings\jellis.l.ocal Scttings`Temporary Intemet Files~.Conccnt.0utlook+C53HUON6`.IMPOUNI3MENT ORD[NANCE- $econd Re:idingA'ACO.doc , , 275