Deputies recovering and impounding a stolen vehicle shall be responsible for the following:
- Preparing an original and a carbon copy of a CHP-180;
- Giving the carbon copy to the garage/tow truck operator at the time of impound; and
- Preparing any required incident report.
See section 5-01/060.10 for reasons for impound and section 5-01/070.00 for notifying owner of vehicle.
The report shall be processed as follows:
- Preparing an original and a carbon copy of a CHP-180 form;
- Giving the carbon copy to the garage/tow truck operator at the time of impound; and
- Preparing any required incident report.
Distribution shall be as follows:
- Image into the Sheriff’s Electronic Criminal Documents Archive (SECDA);
- Original CHP-180 form;
- To agency or station/unit (reporting stolen);
- Copy of CHP-180 form;
- For the unit;
- Sufficient copies for unit needs and subsequent release of the vehicle.