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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-59 Disposition of funds.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-59" heading="Disposition of funds.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Funds received pursuant to the sales shall be accounted for and remitted to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Claim for excess over expenses.">However if the owner or person entitled to possession presents to the Director of Transportation, within 90 days of the date of the sale, a claim for any excess in the amount of the selling price of a vehicle, part of a vehicle, or the contents of a vehicle, over and above the expenses, the Director, on finding that an excess of $25 or more exists, shall recommend to the Board of Estimates that the excess be returned to the owner or other person.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Priority of expenses.">Expenses above referred to shall include but not be limited to:<para num="(1)">towing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">storage;</para>
      <para num="(3)">unpaid fines against the owner; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">payment of all liens on the vehicle of which the Director received actual notice,
in the above order of priority.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Decision of Board final and nonappealable.">Action of the Board of Estimates upon a recommendation shall be final and not subject to appeal.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §97(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 69-343</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 69-560</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 87-1047</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
