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.1 _ ~ ;;=` ORDINAICE; N0. 84- 31 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Fred N. Carmen AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 139.04 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE DEALING WITH THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY HELD BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEREAS, Section 2933.41 of the Ohio Revised Code establishes a procedure for the disposition of property held by law enforcement agencies; and WHEREAS, Section 2933.41 (F) of the Ohio Revised Code further provides that said Section does not rescind or restrict the authority of a municipal law enforcement agency to keep and dispose of lost, abandoned, stolen, seized or f orf eited property under an ordinance of the municipal corporation; now, theref ore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. There is hereby created Section 139.03 of the Codified Ordinances of Mayfield Village, Ohio, which shall read as follows: 139.04 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY HELD BY POLICE DEPARTMENT. (A) Personal property which has been lost, abandoned, stolen, or lawfully seized or forfeited, and which is in the custody of the Police Department, shall be safely kept pending the time it is no longer needed as evidence, and disposed of pursuant to this Section. (B) The Police Department shall make a reasonable effort to locate the persons entitled to possession of property in its custody, and to notify them when and where it may be claimed. In the absence of evidence identifying persons entitled to custody, it is sufficient notice to advertise in a newspaper of general circulation in the County for two (2) consecutive weeks, said advertise- ment to briefly describe the nature of the property in custody and inviting persons to view and establish their right to possession of said property. (C) A person loses any right he may have to possession of property : (1) Which was the subject, or was used in a conspiracy or attempt to commit, or the commission