VIII. Weapons

Chapter 9.70
FIREARMS

Sections:

9.70.015    Disposition of firearms.

9.70.015 Disposition of firearms.

A. Except as provided in subsection (C) below, all firearms which are or have been either (1) judicially forfeited to the city after June 30, 1993, and no longer needed for evidence or (2) forfeited to the city after June 30, 1993, due to a failure to make a claim under RCW 63.32.010 or 63.42.010, may be either retained by the police department for official use or be traded. The police chief is hereby authorized and directed to either arrange for the trade of said firearms, or retain the same for official use.

B. Except for those firearms described in subsection (C) below, all firearms which were (1) judicially forfeited to the city on or before June 30, 1995, and no longer needed for evidence, or (2) forfeited to the city on or before June 30,1993, due to a failure to make a claim under RCW 63.32.010 or 63.40.010 shall be disposed of by destruction in the case if illegal firearms, or by trade in the case of all other firearms, as provided in RCW 9.41.098.

C. Antique firearms as defined by RCW 9.41.150 and firearms recognized as curios, relics, and firearms of particular historical significance by the United States Treasury Department Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms are exempt from destruction and shall be disposed of by auction of trade to commercial sellers. (Ord. 763 § 1, 1996).