7.17.140 NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

(a) Within five (5) days after the date of removal of the vehicle or parts thereof, the Police Department shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles identifying the vehicle or parts thereof removed. At the same time there shall be transmitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles any evidence of registration available, including registration certificates, certificates of title, and license plates.

(b) Immediately after removal of the vehicle, the public agency which removed, or caused the removal of, the vehicle shall notify the Stolen Vehicle System of the Department of Justice in Sacramento of the removal.