§ 8-1.1005. Reimbursement for Tow on Vehicles.

The fee may be reimbursed to the owner or person in lawful possession of the vehicle if the fee was incurred:

(a)

Because the vehicle was towed and stored at the order of the Modesto Police Department to examine the vehicle for evidence of a crime;

(b)

Because the vehicle was towed and stored by the order of the Modesto Police Department and said towing or storage was not authorized by any of the several provisions of the California Vehicle Code;

(c)

Because officers, agents or employees of the Modesto Police Department were negligent in the reporting, filing, or recording of the circumstances of the towing and storage of the vehicle;

(d)

Because officers, agents, or employees of the Modesto Police Department were negligent in reporting a vehicle as subject to towing or storage or ordering a vehicle towed and stored when in fact such vehicle was not subject to towing and storage; or

(e)

Because a vehicle was towed or stored by order of the Modesto Police Department for removal of components of the vehicle, which components were placed on the vehicle in violation of Section 10751 of the California Vehicle Code, or when the vehicle was towed as a recovered stolen vehicle, 10851 CVC, and the legal or registered owner lives within the boundary of the City of Modesto.

(Added by Ord. 3010-C.S., § 1, effective 12-26-96)