5-01/100.10 - Stolen/Recovered/Impounded Vehicle Report

The Deputy shall prepare the following reports on a CHP-180 when a vehicle is reported stolen and recovered simultaneously, and impounded:

• Stolen Vehicle Report; and
• Recovered/Impounded Vehicle Report (original and one carbon copy).

A recovery should not be made on license plates only.  The VIN must be verified.

The Deputy shall give one carbon copy of the recovered-impounded report to the garage/tow truck operator at the time of impound.  He shall also be responsible for providing the necessary impound data to the Station/Unit for entry in SVS.

Processing of the reports shall be as follows:

• An URN shall be assigned to the reports;
• The impound information shall be sent to SVS; and
• Sufficient copies shall be prepared to meet distribution needs.

Indicate the FCN on the recovered impounded vehicle report and distribute as follows:

• Image into electronic archive SECDA;
  • Original signed stolen report; and
  • Original of the recovered/impounded vehicle report;
• To Unit;
  • Sufficient copies of both reports to meet Unit needs.