(1) If two or more apparently valid claims to unclaimed property are received by the city prior to the sale, use, destruction, or disposition of the property, the hearing officer shall afford each claimant a reasonable opportunity to establish his or her claim and to rebut competing claims.

(2) The hearing officer shall determine which claimant prevails, and shall release the property to such person 91 days after notice of the decision is given, provided that judicial review, if available, is not timely sought. If judicial review is available and is timely sought, the hearing officer shall release the property as a court may order or in such manner as is permitted by law. (Ord. 492 § 1; Ord. 472 § 1. 2002 Code § 2-10.4).