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The notice shall also advise that all costs incurred in removing and storing the vehicle are the owner's legal responsibility, and a detailed list of costs incurred to date and anticipated costs shall be included. (4) If the owner or lien holder appears prior to the disposal of the vehicle and pays all costs incurred, he shall then be entitled to the return of the vehicle. If the owner or lien holder does not appear in fifteen (15) days after the mailing of notice, the Board of Public Works shall sell the vehicle to the highest bidder at a public sale conducted after notice under I.C. 5-3-1, except only one (1) newspaper insertion one (1) week before the public sale is required. (5) If the vehicle is in such condition that the vehicle identification numbers or other means of identification are not available to determine the owner of record with the Bureau, the vehicle may be disposed of without notice. (6) The purchaser shall be furnished a bill of sale for each abandoned vehicle sold by the Board of Public works. (g) Fees: In accordance with this article the owner shall be charged a fee for the towing and storage of his vehicle. The fee for towing vehicles pursuant to this section shall be seventy dollars ($70.00). The fee for storage of vehicles pursuant to this section shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per day. The cost for removal and storage of an abandoned vehicle not claimed by the owner or lien holder shall be paid from the abandoned vehicle fund. The charges fixed by the City for towing and storage of abandoned vehicles shall be filed with the Bureau. Proceeds of sale of an abandoned vehicle shall be credited against the cost incidental to the removal, storage and disposal of the vehicle. All proceeds from the sale of an abandoned vehicle, including charges for bill of sale, and all monies received from owners or lien holders for the cost of removal or storage of vehicles, shall be deposited with the City Controller and placed by him in the abandoned vehicle fund. All costs incurred in the administering of this article shall be paid from the abandoned vehicle fund. (h) Upon complaint of a private property owner or person in control of the property upon which a vehicle has been left for more than forty-eight (48) hours without the consent of the owner or person in control, an officer shall follow the procedure set forth in this article for removal of said vehicle.