4.32.040 Disposition of confiscated, forfeited and released firearms.
All firearms taken into the custody of the Bellevue police department, not retained for law enforcement use and no longer needed for evidence, shall be disposed of as follows:
A. Antique firearms and firearms recognized as curios, relics and firearms of particular historical significance by the United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall be disposed of by auction or trade to licensed dealers.
B. Firearms lawful to possess that have been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to be returned to the owner under RCW 9.41.098(3), or for which a timely claim has been filed by the owner under RCW 63.32.010, shall be returned to the owner.
C. The Bellevue police department may retain legal forfeited firearms for law enforcement use as determined by the chief of police.
D. All other firearms that are judicially or administratively forfeited, forfeited due to failure to timely claim them following notice from the city pursuant to Chapter 63.32 RCW, or released by their owner to the department for destruction shall be destroyed. (Ord. 6189 § 1, 2014.)