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221 HOURS, OR (C) HAS REMAINED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OR PERSON IN • CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN FORTY—EIGHT HOURS. (2) "DEMOLISHER" MEANS ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHOSE BUSINESS IS TO CONVERT A MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER INTO PROCESSED SCRAP OR SCRAP METAL OR OTHERWISE TO WRECK; OR DISMANTLE SUCH VEHICLES. SECTION 18-19.2.2. CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ABANDONED VEHICLES INTO CUSTODY — THE CITY MANAGER MAY TAKE INTO CUSTODY ANY ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE. IN SUCH CONNECTION, THE CITY MANAGER MAY EMPLOY CITY PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES OR HIRE PERSONSY EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES OR FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS WHO MAY BE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING, PRESERVING AND STORING ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES. SECTION 18-19.2.3. NOTICE TO OWNER OF VEHICLE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY — (A) !'IHEN THE CITY MANAGER TAKES INTO CUSTODY AN ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE., HE SHALL NOTIFY, WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS THEREOF., BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL., RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED., THE OWNER • OF RECORD OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE AND ALL PERSONS HAVING SECURITY INTERESTS THEREIN OF RECORD, THAT THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE NOTICE SHALL DESCRIBE THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER OF THE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE, SET FORTH THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY WHERE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING HELD, INFORM THE OWNER AND ANY PERSONS HAVING SECURITY INTERESTS OF THEIR RIGHT TO RECLAIM THE MOTOR VEHICLE WITHIN THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE, UPON PAYMENT ,a OF ALL TOWING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE CHARGES RESULTING FROM PLACING THE VEHICLE IN CUSTODY, ..�.. AND STATE THAT THE FAILURE OF THE OWNER OR PERSONS HAVING SECURITY INTERESTS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO RECLAIM THE VEHICLE WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED A WAIVER BY THE OWNER, AND ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY SECURITY INTERESTS, OF ALL. RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE VEHICLE, AND CONSENT TO THE SALE OF THE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE AT A PUBLIC AUCTION. (B) IF RECORDS OF THE DIVISION CONTAIN NO ADDRESS FOR THE OWNER OR NO ADDRESS OF ANY PERSON SHOWN BY SUCH RECORDS TO HAVE A SECURITY INTEREST., OR IF THE IDENTITY AND ADDRESSES OF THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS HAVING SECURITY INTERESTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTYy NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ONCE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE AREA WHERE THE MOTOR VEHICLE WAS ABANDONED SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF NOTICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AS TO ANY PERSON WHO CANNOT BE NOTIFIED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION. SUCH NOTICE BY PUBLICATION MAY CONTAIN MULTIPLE LISTINGS OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES. ANY SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE WITHIN THE TIME REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED FOR NOTICE BY MAIL AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME CONTENTS REQUIRED FOR A NOTICE BY MAIL. (C) THE CONSEQUENCES AND THE FACT OF FAILURE TO RECLAIM AN ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL • BE AS SET FORTH IN A NOTICE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SECTION 18-19.2.4. SALE OF VEHICLE AT PUBLIC AUCTION; DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS — IF AN ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECLAIMED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 18-19.2.3, THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS AUTHORIZED AGENTS SHALL NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 46.1-88 CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950), SELL THE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. THE PURCHASER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL TAKE TITLE TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE FREE AND CLEAR OF ALL LIENS AND CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP OF OTHERS, SHALL RECEIVE A SALES RECEIPT AT THE AUCTION AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO, UPON APPLICATION THEREFOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 46.1-88 CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950), A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION CARD THEREFOR. THE SALES RECEIPT AT SUCH A SALE SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TITLE ONLY FOR PURPOSES OF TRANSFERRING THE VEHICLE TO A DEMOLISHER FOR DEMOLITION, WRECKING OR DISMANTLING, AND, IN SUCH CASE, NO FURTHER TITLING OF THE VEHICLE SHALL BE NECESSARY. FROM THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF AN ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE, THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS AUTHORIZED w • AGENTp SHALL REIMBURSE HIMSELF FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE AUCTION,, THE COST OF TOWING., PRESERVING AND STORING THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED FROM PLACING THE ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE IN CUSTODY, J' AND ALL NOTICE AND PUBLICATION COSTS INCURRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-19.2.3. ANY REMAINDER