1994-45821-Ordinance No. 94-054 Recorded 11/10/1994REVIEWED
LEGAL COUNSEL
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COgNTY� OREGON
An Ordinance Adding Section 10.20, * �,
Inventory of Impounded Vehicles
and Declaring an Emergency.
ORDINANCE NO. 94-054
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY ORDAINS
as follows:
Section 1. That Deschutes County Code Title 10, Vehicles and
Traffic, is amended by the addition of a new section as described
in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and by this reference incorporated
herein.
Section 2. This Ordinance being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this Ordinance takes effect on its
effective date.
DATED this q day of Tiyvt,- 1994.
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Chapter 10.20 EXHIBIT "A"
INVENTORY OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
Sections: 10.20.010
Purpose
10.20.020
Definitions
10.20.030
Inventories
SECTION 10.20.010 PURPOSE
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide authority for peace officers to conduct
inventories of impounded vehicles. Such inventories are necessary to protect private
property while in police custody, to reduce or prevent the assertion of false claims
for lost or stolen property, and to protect people and property from any hazardous
condition or instrumentality that may be associated with the vehicle.
SECTION 10.20.020 DEFINITIONS
"Impounded vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is taken into custody by a peace
officer for noninvestigatory reasons (e.g., abandoned or unlawfully parked vehicles,
etc.). This division shall not apply to vehicles seized as evidence or seized for
forfeiture purposes.
SECTION 10.20.030 INVENTORIES
Any peace officer who impounds a motor vehicle shall conduct an inventory of said
motor vehicle as soon as practical. Inventories of impounded vehicles under this
division shall be conducted according to the policies and procedures of the law
enforcement agency.
1 - Exhibit "A" to Ordinance No. 94-054 (11/09/94)