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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

CONTRABAND means any property, item, or substance which is unlawful to produce or possess under federal, state, or local law.

DISPOSE means the transfer of property by its return to the owner, sale, conversion or destruction or by any other means of disposal.

EVIDENCE means property that is held for possible presentation in a judicial or administrative proceeding to establish the truth or falsity of an alleged matter of fact.

FIREARM means any loaded or unloaded handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon that will, or is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of expanding gases, except that it does not include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.

FOUND PROPERTY means recovered, lost or abandoned property that is turned over to the City or any department thereof where the owner may or may not be known and that is not classified as evidence.

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL means any material that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical and chemical characteristics, may pose a present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the workplace or environment, or the presence of which requires investigation, disposal, removal and/or remediation under any federal, state or local law, regulation, order or policy.

INTANGIBLE PROPERTY means the definition as provided in A.R.S. § 44-301.

OWNER means the person lawfully vested with, and the right to retain, ownership, dominion, care, control, management or title of property.

PROPERTY means any item, including currency, that is held for safekeeping or as evidence or found property or that has been abandoned, unclaimed or awarded by the court, excludes real and intangible property.

PROPERTY VALUE means the reasonable value of the property in its present condition.

SAFEKEEPING means storage of property by the City that is not classified as evidence and that belongs to a known individual.

STOLEN PROPERTY means that property to which the owner has been unlawfully deprived of possession, and which has been taken into police custody pursuant to a commission of any crime as defined by federal, state or local law. (Ord. 10-1212, passed 4-26-10; Am. Ord. 13-1280, passed 1-14-2013)