Section 8.24.050 Expense of abandoned property made lien.

It shall be the duty of the police department to take possession of any article or property so abandoned, left or placed on any public or private property, and if the same is believed to have any value, to keep it and make an attempt to find the owner thereof, and to retain any such article heretofore so taken up by it. It shall be the duty of the department to maintain a place for the keeping of any such article until the same shall be claimed or otherwise disposed of and the city shall have a lien thereon for the reasonable expenses incurred and value or cost of the time and effort necessary in taking, removing and storing such article, and for the value of the storage and keeping thereof, and may retain possession until any and all such liens are discharged.