Property
The Property Officer maintains property within a
secure facility accessible only to the Property
Officer and the Police Chief, while in the care and
custody of the Cle Elum Police Department.
Property is taken into custody by the Police
Department for various reasons: as evidence that a
crime was committed or attempted, as recovered
stolen property, as found property or when a court
order has been issued to the Police Department to
take custody of property or for safe keeping.
Types of Property and Evidence
Property that is considered as evidence, or
recovered stolen property and is not unlawful to
possess will in most cases be available to the owner
upon completion of any criminal trial process and is
released by the Kittitas County Prosecuting
Attorney.
Property that is considered as found property and
is not unlawful to possess will in most cases will
be available to the owner immediately.
Property of a known owner is considered as
safekeeping or held by court order and is not
unlawful to possess will in most cases be available
to the owner upon reason for safekeeping or court
order hold is satisfied and is released by the
authority placing the hold.
Property that is available for the owner and the
owner is known, the Cle Elum Police Department will
attempt to call and/or send a certified/return
receipt to the owner's last known information via
information with the property or via public
information. Information will be provided to the
owner on how to contact the Property Officer for an
appointment to receive the property.
When property is available for the owner and the
owner is not known, the owner can not be found or
the owner fails to claim or wishes not to claim
their property and all possible efforts to locate
the owner have been exhausted, the property is then
considered unclaimed.
Unclaimed property will be disposed of according
to Washington State Law under R.C.W. Titles
63.21(Return to finder),
63.32(Agency or other public use) (destroyed),
9.41(Agency or other public use).
If you have any questions about property that is
being held at the Police Department, please contact
the Property Officer at 509-674-2991.
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