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§ 8-1 TITLE 10 — POLICE REGULATIONS § 8-6 Chapter 8 LOST, ABANDONED OR SEIZED PROPERTY Sec. 8-1: Public Duty Sec. 8-2: Lost or Abandoned Property Sec. 8-3: Children's Property Sec. 8-4: Property Seized by Police Sec. 8-5: Disposition of Dangerous or Worthless Property by the Police Sec. 8-6: Return of Lost or Abandoned Property Sec. 8-1. Public Duty. It shall be the duty of every person to deliver to the Chief of Police or the Chief’s designee any article or object of personal property which is lost, unclaimed or abandoned within the City for disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and Idaho Code. Sec. 8-2. Lost or Abandoned Property. Any lost or abandoned property, except property covered by other provisions of this Chapter or Idaho Code, may be sold and disposed of, from time to time, by the Chief of Police in accordance with the Idaho Code. Sec. 8-3. Children's Property. A. At the option of the Chief of Police, any toys of whatever nature, including but not limited to bicycles, tricycles, clothing, and other articles made or intended for use by children, which are left unclaimed, may be sold in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or may be given to such needy and unfortunate children as the Chief of Police deems appropriate. Sec. 8-4. Property Seized by Police. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to hold, pending final disposition of any charges filed in the District Court against the owner or possessor thereof, all articles or personal property seized as evidence for use in the trial of such charges. After final disposition of said charges, said articles, except as the judge may otherwise direct, shall upon request of the rightful owner thereof and upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership, be turned over to such rightful owner. In the absence of such request, the same shall be treated as abandoned property and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Ref. Idaho Code § 55-403 Sec. 8-5. Disposition of Dangerous or Worthless Property by the Police. A. Where lost, abandoned or seized property consists of burglar tools of any description, firearms, cartridges, explosives, armored or bulletproof clothing, gambling apparatus, medication, liquor or alcohol, soiled or bloodied or unsanitary articles or liquids, unlawful drugs, mixtures or derivatives, or associated drug paraphernalia, obscene photographs, prints, effigies, or statues, poisonous or deleterious solids or liquids, or any property which in the opinion of the Chief of Police is of slight value or the sale of which might result in injury to the health or safety of any person, the Chief of Police may destroy each and every article of such nature in accordance with Idaho Code. B. If, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, any such firearms, cartridges, explosives or armored or bulletproof clothing may be used for departmental purposes, then the same need not be offered for sale or destroyed as in this Code Section provided. Sec. 8-6. Return of Lost or Abandoned Property. Any lost or abandoned property which is found and turned in to the City by any person shall be held for a period provided for by the Idaho Code. If such property remains unclaimed by the owner, the finder shall have thirty (30) days to claim the property, and if so claimed, it shall be received subject ---PAGE BREAK--- § 8-6 TITLE 10 — POLICE REGULATIONS § 8-6 to the rights of the original owner. If after such period the property remains unclaimed, it shall be disposed of in the same manner as other lost or abandoned property as provided in this Chapter or the Idaho Code. (Ord. 84-20, 9/10/84); Ref. Idaho Code § 14-501 et seq., § 55-403