Ordinance 26170006.16086
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04/14/87
ORDINANCE NO. 2617
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, REPEALING CHAPTER 3.02 OF THE
EDMONDS CITY CODE ENTITLED "DISPOSITION OF
LOST AND UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND
MONIES", AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3.02;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND SETTING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Edmonds City Council finds that the
provisions of Chapter 3.02 of the Edmonds City Code was
adopted in 1979 and is more restrictive than and inconsistent
with state statutes governing lost and unclaimed property,
and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds City Council finds that
Chapter 3.02 should be repealed and that the state statutes
governing lost and unclaimed property should be adopted, and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds City Council finds that this
ordinance is in the interests of the public health, safety
and welfare, now, therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 3.02 of the Edmonds City Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 2. There is hereby added to the Edmonds
City Code a new Chapter 3.02 entitled "Lost and Unclaimed
Property" to read as follows.
3.02.010 Lost and Found Proper
A. The following statutes of the State of
Washington, including all future amendments
thereto, are hereby adopted by reference:
RCW 63.21.010 Procedure where finder wishes
to claim found property --
Appraisal --Surrender of
property --Notice of intent to
claim --Publication.
RCW 63.21.020
Circumstances extinguishing
finder's claim to property.
RCW 63.21.030
Release of property to
finder--Limitations--Payment
to governmental entity of
portion of appraised value --
Expiration of finder's claim.
RCW 63.21.040
Failure to comply with chap-
ter --Forfeiture of right to
property.
RCW 63.21.050
Duties of chief law enforce-
ment officer receiving found
property.
RCW 63.21.060
Duties of governmental entity
acquiring lost property --
Disposal of property.
B. City employees who find or acquire property
covered by this chapter while acting within the
course of their employment with the city may
claim possession of the lost property as a
finder under the provisions of this chapter;
provided, however, employees of the Edmonds
police department and Edmonds fire department,
including reserves, may not claim possession of
lost property as a finder if said property is
found or acquired while acting within the
course of employment with the city.
3.02.020 Intangible property --The Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act. The following statutes of
the State of Washington, including all future
amendments thereto, are hereby adopted by refer-
ence:
RCW 63.29.010 Definitions and use of terms.
RCW 63.29.020 Property presumed abandoned --
General rule.
RCW 63.29.030 General rules for taking cus-
tody of intangible unclaimed
property.
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RCW 63.29.040 Travelers checks and money
orders.
RCW 63.29.050 Checks, drafts, and similar
instruments issued or certified
by banking and financial or-
ganizations.
RCW 63.29.060 Bank deposits and funds in
financial organizations.
RCW 63.29.070 Funds owing under life insur-
ance policies.
RCW 63.29.080 Deposits held by utilities.
RCW 63.29.090 Refunds held by business asso-
ciations.
RCW 63.29.100 Stock and other intangible
interests in business asso-
ciations.
RCW 63.29.110 Property of business asso-
ciations held in course of
dissolution.
RCW 63.29.120 Property held by agents and
fiduciaries.
RCW 63.29.130 Property held by courts and
public agencies.
RCW 63.29.140 Gift certificates and credit
memos.
RCW 63.29.150 Wages.
RCW 63.29.160 Contents of safe deposit box or
other safekeeping repository.
RCW 63.29.170 Report of abandoned property.
RCW 63.29.180 Notice and publication of lists
of abandoned property.
RCW 63.29.190 Payment or delivery of aban-
doned property.
RCW 63.29.200 Custody by state --Holder re-
lieved from liability --Reim-
bursement of holder paying
claim --Reclaiming for owner --
Defense of holder --Payment of
safe deposit box or repository
charges.
RCW 63.29.210 Crediting of dividends, in-
terest, or increments to
owner's account.
RCW 63.29.220 Public sale of abandoned pro-
perty.
RCW 63.29.230 Deposit of funds.
RCW 63.29.240 Filing of claim with depart-
ment.
RCW 63.29.250 Claim of another state to
recover property --Procedure.
RCW 63.29.260 Action to establish claim.
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RCW 63.29.270 Election to take payment or
delivery.
RCW 63.29.280 Destruction or disposition of
property having insubstantial
commercial value --Immunity from
liability.
RCW 63.29.290 Periods of limitation.
RCW 63.29.300 Requests for reports and
examination of records.
RCW 63.29.310 Retention of records.
RCW 63.29.320 Enforcement.
RCW 63.29.330 Interstate agreements and
cooperation --Joint and reci-
procal actions with other
states.
RCW 63.29.340 Interest and penalties.
RCW 63.29.350 Penalty for excessive fee for
locating abandoned property.
RCW 63.29.360 Foreign transactions.
RCW 63.29.370 Rules.
RCW 63.29.380 Information and records con-
fidential.
RCW 63.29.900 Effect of new provisions --
Clarification of application.
RCW 63.29.901 Captions not law.
RCW 63.29.902 Uniformity of application and
construction.
RCW 63.29.903 Short title.
3.02.030 Unclaimed Property in Hands of Police
Department. The following statutes of the State of
Washington, including all future amendments
thereto, are hereby adopted by reference.
RCW 63.32.010 Methods of disposition --Sale,
retention, destruction, or
trade.
RCW 63.32.020 Notice of sale.
RCW 63.32.030 Disposition of proceeds.
RCW 63.32.040 Reimbursement to owner.
3.02.040 Severability. If any section, sub-
section, clause, phrase or word of this chapter is,
for any reason, held to be invalid or uncon-
stitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this chapter.
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Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force thirty (30) days after publication of the
attached summary which is hereby approved.
TTEST/AUTHENT CAATTEED:
T
CI Y CLERK, JACQUELINE G. PARRETT
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
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BY
FILED WITH THE C Y CLERK : Apri 1 15, 1987
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: May 19, 1987
PUBLISHED: May 26, 1987
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 1987
ORDINANCE NO. 2F17
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH,
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Section 2. Adopts the state
$fOr'of s—iontalned In RCW
Chapters 63.21, 63.29 and 63.32
concerning the dlsposition of lost
and unclaimed property -'and
prohibits Edmonds police and
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found provisions of oRCW Chapter 63.21.
Section J. Contains a Severa-
bl5et1Riy on 4. Sets an effective
dots iromr s ordinance of 30
summory's pubifcoiion of this
wi I beftextma11 s offhout ch In
to
re'anquest to the Cf}yIts
Clerk of }he City of Edmonds fora copy of
the text.
�council Of the GCity OffEdmonds at their meeting of May 19 1987
JACQUELINE G. PARAETT
City Clerk
Published: May 26, 1987.
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Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ........................................
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a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period.
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