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

  § 513-7. Impounding Fees.  

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  • Except as provided in Section 513-1, all impounded motor vehicles except as set forth in this section shall be released to the owner or other person authorized by the owner to claim the motor vehicle upon the payment of a basic impounding charge of $150 plus $25 per day for the time the impounded motor vehicle is in storage. Provided, however, that an additional service extended storage fee of $75 shall be charged as a condition of the release of any motor vehicle which the owner has willfully failed to claim within 120 hours after the notice of impoundment has been mailed or personally given to the registered owner. Such person may also be required to pay for towing services other than those described above, and for any service performed by the city in order to properly maintain said impounded motor vehicle. The fee for a heavy duty tow is $250 per hour. An impound fee of $100 shall be charged for vehicles impounded in accordance with an Administrative License Suspension in addition to all other applicable fees. Impounded motor vehicles which are stolen and abandoned by the thief, or which were disabled at the time of impoundment may be released without charge at the discretion of the police chief upon evidence establishing that the motor vehicle was stolen or disabled at the time of its impoundment.

    The owner or person entitled to possession of an impounded motor vehicle which is retained in police custody for law enforcement purposes not related to the original impoundment shall not be responsible for any impounding fees related solely to the continuing possession of the motor vehicle by the city of Cincinnati for law enforcement purposes.

(C.M.C. 513-7; ordained by Ord. No. 364-1978, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; a. Ord. No. 395-1981, eff. Oct. 1, 1981; a. Ord. No. 591-1983, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; a. Ord. No. 400-1986, eff. Oct. 29, 1986; a. Ord. No. 404-1993, eff. Dec. 10, 1993; a. Ord. No. 437-2000, eff. Jan. 19, 2001; Emer. Ord. No. 443-2008, eff. Dec. 17, 2008; Emer. Ord. No. 384-2009, § 6, eff. Dec. 21, 2009; Ord. No. 252-2014, § 1, eff. Oct. 4, 2014)