A. Unless state law otherwise provides, when personal property is found without an interested person claiming it or, by reason of abandonment, arrest, confiscation, impoundment, or seizure, or by any other means, comes into the hands of any city representative or department, the property shall be turned over to the department for inventory, further storage and disposition at the risk and expense of the owner or person lawfully entitled to possession of the property.

B. The department shall place the property on city hall grounds or another authorized storage place pending investigation of ownership and disposition.