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A. All unclaimed personal property in the possession of the police department shall be stored in a safe place for a period of not less than six months except for bicycles and toys which must be stored not less than three months.

B. The clerk or person in charge of the property section shall enter into a suitable book or otherwise permanently record a description of every article received and shall imbed or engrave an identification number in property described in Penal Code Section 537e for the purposes thereof.

C. The clerk or person in charge of the property section shall restore such property to its legal owner upon satisfactory proof of ownership and payment of reasonably necessary costs incurred in the care and protection thereof unless such property is held by the police department as evidence in a pending case, in which event it shall be disposed of only on order of the property court and/or in accordance with Penal Code Sections 1407 through 1413, 1536 and 537e(b). (Prior code § 5.16.010)