A. The person or company who stores an abandoned vehicle or other property at the direction of a officer or an employee under WMC 10.16.030 shall within 30 days give notice, in the manner prescribed for the giving of notice by the Department of Motor Vehicles under AS 28.05.121, to the vehicle owner of record and to lienholders of record, stating the grounds for removal and the location of the place of impoundment of the vehicle or other property. If the vehicle or other property is not registered in the state or the name and address of the registered or legal owner or lienholder cannot be ascertained, notice shall be given by publication in the manner prescribed in the rules of the court for service of process by publication.

B. The notice under this section shall state the reasons for the city’s removal of the vehicle or other property and provide for a reasonable attendance date for a hearing of not less than 10 days after service of the notice. If there is no request for a hearing by the attendance date specified in the notice, the hearing is considered to have been waived. (Prior code § 14.04.040)