(A) Any item so obtained by the dealer shall be held in the shape and form as received in the dealer’s custody for a period of ten (10) calendar days in the state of Arizona after successful transmission of the form online or by delivery to the police department.

(B) On notification by any peace officer or law enforcement agency that the items in possession of the dealer are or may be fruits of a crime, the dealer shall not dispose of those items but shall retain those items in a separate and secure place and shall make arrangements for the continued safekeeping or delivery of those items to the peace officer or law enforcement agency.

(C) If a dealer, at the direction of a peace officer or law enforcement agency, places the items thought to be fruits of a crime into safekeeping and those items were not seized by or delivered to a peace officer or law enforcement agency, and a period of ninety (90) calendar days has elapsed from the date of such notification, the items may then be treated as regularly acquired in the due course of business by the dealer.

(D) If items thought to be fruits of a crime were held for safekeeping by the dealer or if the items were seized by the law enforcement agency and the items are found not to be fruits of a crime, those items shall be returned to the dealer from whom seized, or the hold for safekeeping lifted, within ten (10) business days and the items may then be treated as regularly acquired in the due course of business by the dealer. (Ord. No. 381, 12-6-94; Ord. No. 2015-01, §§ 1, 2, 1-20-15. 1976 Code § 4-5-3)