Fulton Disposition of stolen property ordinance (§ 38-4)

(a) When property alleged to have been stolen, purloined, embezzled or obtained by false pretenses shall come into the custody of the chief of police, he shall hold the property, subject to the order of the court authorized to direct the disposition thereof.

(b) Upon satisfactory proof of the title of any owner of such property, the judge may order the property to be delivered to such owner, on his paying the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the safekeeping and preservation of such property, to be certified to by the judge, which order shall entitle the owner to demand and receive such property.