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 Cincinnati
 Code of Ordinances
 Title V. TRAFFIC CODE
 Chapter 513. IMPOUNDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

  § 513-3. Delinquent Motor Vehicles.  

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  • A motor vehicle shall not be declared delinquent because of outstanding parking infractions until the procedures of §§ 515-6 and 515-9 CMC have been followed.

    A motor vehicle shall not be declared delinquent because of traffic citations until the notice procedures of this section have been followed.

    Written notice of at least two outstanding traffic citations shall be given to the registered owner of the motor vehicle against which the traffic citations were issued. Notice, when practicable, shall be given by regular U.S. mail mailed to the last known address of the registered owner. Notice by regular U.S. mail shall be deemed delivered unless such notice is returned as undeliverable within 10 days of mailing. Where notice by mail is not practicable, written notice of possible impoundment placed on the motor vehicle at the time of citation shall be deemed to be sufficient notice. The written notice sent by regular U.S. mail shall include:

    (1)

    Identity of the outstanding traffic citations;

    (2)

    How information regarding the outstanding traffic citations can be obtained;

    (3)

    Persons to whom evidence of prior disposition of the outstanding traffic citations may be submitted;

    (4)

    A warning that failure to pay the traffic citations or post a bond equal to the amount of the accumulated fines and to register the traffic citations for a court hearing may subject the owner to arrest and/or the motor vehicle to impoundment;

    (5)

    A schedule of impounding and storage fees.

    Any motor vehicle impounded as delinquent because of traffic citations shall be released upon:

    (1)

    Proof of payment of the outstanding traffic citation(s) or parking infraction(s) and payment of the accumulated impounding and storage fees, or;

    (2)

    Posting of a cash bond with the clerk of court(s) in an amount equal to the sum of the accumulated penalties; proof of payment of impounding and storage fees through the Cincinnati impoundment lot; registration of the outstanding traffic citations for court or parking infractions for hearing. The motor vehicle shall be released without fee if the traffic citations were paid prior to the impoundment.

(C.M.C. 513-3; ordained by Ord. No. 364-1978, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; a. Ord. No. 34-1992, eff. Feb. 24, 1992; a. Ord. No. 89-1992, eff. April 3, 1992; a. Ord. No. 423-1992, eff. Sept. 16, 1992)